Re: Xcode has many windows but I have only one screen.
Re: Xcode has many windows but I have only one screen.
- Subject: Re: Xcode has many windows but I have only one screen.
- From: Jonathan Jackel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:07:16 -0500
On Dec 26, 2003, at 10:02 PM, Denis Stanton wrote:
I'm finding the new Xcode interface to be much more trouble to use
than Project Builder and I'm wondering if I have maybe missed some
customization opportunity.
With Project Builder I chose to show only one Window. If my
compilation produced some error messages (hey, it happens to all of us
sometime :-) ) They would appear in the top panel and clicking on
a message would show the corresponding source in the lower panel. I
could view messages and source at the same time.
Xcose doesn't seem to provide this. Although I seem to have a similar
panel arrangement the error messages appear in a separate window.
This would be fine if I had a wide monitor, but I'm using an old 1705,
supposedly 17", but it is only legible at 1023 x 768. With this
resolution I need to make the main IDE window pretty much full screen.
The error message window appears in front of this, until I start
tinkering with the source code, at which point the error message
window disappears behind. Surely it makes more sense to have these
message remain visible in a panel, as they were in Project Builder?
Did I miss an optional setting for this?
Try the Errors and Warnings smart group. It appears in your Groups &
Files list.
A similar problem occurs when I run the program in fast turnaround
mode. I'm accustomed to tracking down logic problems by putting
System.out.println messages in the code ( I forgot to say I'm working
with WebObjects Java here) Then I would follow along with the output
log, matching it against the source code. Fine in Project Builder,
but again Xcode puts the system output into a separate window so with
limited screen space I can look at the source code OR the output, but
not both.
Have you unfurled the Console Drawer? If you have a narrow screen, you
might not see it on the toolbar. It's at the far right.
The top panel in the main Xcode window doesn't seem to have a purpose.
It does with Errors and Warnings!
Jonathan
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