Re: Xcode 4 related questions
Re: Xcode 4 related questions
- Subject: Re: Xcode 4 related questions
- From: Joar Wingfors <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:34:55 -0800
On 11 mar 2011, at 21.08, Nathan Sims wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Stephen Hershey wrote:
>
>> The capability I find most useful in Xcode 3.1 (my current IDE) is the ability to open multiple editor windows for a single source code file, divide each window into any number of independently scrollable panes, and place these editor windows anywhere I want across my desktop, which is distributed across multiple monitors. If I understand the current discussion correctly, Apple has removed this capability for Xcode 4. I hope that I have simply misunderstood the discussion. :-)
I'm not sure if it's a misunderstanding of the discussion or not, but you can still do all of what you (Stephen) suggested above.
> Me too, but if there's a way to make the UI useful, I don't see how yet. A lot of visibility into the build process seems hidden now.
Which parts of the build process? We expose all of the same control over the build process, and the same amount of feedback over what's going on during a build. Some things have moved around a bit though, such as...
> Where are all the build settings?
Build settings have moved out of inspectors, and into a much improved UI in the new project editor.
> How do I select the SDK or device I'm building for? Where's the Build button?
There's no dedicated build button, but the keyboard shortcut is unchanged. I find that the new fix-it feature of Xcode 4 does away with the need to just build, for the most part. YMMV.
> Why are all the buttons unlabeled?
Which buttons? If you find something that's not discoverable enough, or that doesn't have tooltips, please file a bug report:
<http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/>
> Is the Toolbar customizable? If so I didn't see it in Preferences...
No, it's not (you can show / hide the toolbar, and switch between showing the labels or not, though).
> Makes you wonder if they use this themselves...
We obviously and absolutely use it ourselves. You guys... :-)
> I took Xcode 4 off.
I'm sorry to hear that, we hope to see you back some day!
> It was complaining about all sorts of things being deprecated, etc
Xcode is not in control of which features that are available in certain versions of Mac OS / iOS. We're just the messenger.
<snip>
> Is there a video or something to show how to use Xcode 4? Isn't it a sign of poor design if the UI isn't intuitive?
We provided videos and presentations at last years WWDC, and I'm sure that we will provide even more at this year's WWDC. We have updated documentation, and a new Transition Guide document that I hope all of you take a look at. Xcode 4 is a big change over Xcode 3, and we understand that it will take a bit of time for anyone migrating between the two to feel at home in the new version. I'm not sure that any amount of documentation could change that though.
j o a r
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