Re: New ProjectCenter Icons

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 11.09.2007 um 14:10 schrieb Nicola Pero:

> > > Finally: http://www.gnustep.org/experience/ProjectCenter.html says
> > >
> > > "ProjectCenter is GNUstep's integrated developement environment  
> > > (IDE)."
> >
> > So is there any other IDE to use GORM with?
>
> Sure - there is emacs ;-)
>
> Everyone has got their favourite program for editing code and
> organizing project files.  These programs are general-purpose
> development environments that can be adapted to work with GNUstep
> easily and nicely.  Eg, emacs has got an objc mode, a makefile mode,
> hit button to compile, hit button to step to next error, etc. (and
> btw it works in a command line terminal without requiring X Windows).
>
> It's great to have our own IDE, but we need to keep in mind that
> many people will keep using their general-purpose IDEs.  And that's
> not a problem, it's a GNUstep feature ("works in your favourite IDE")!
>
> They still need to use Gorm to edit NIB files (if they need to),
> so Gorm should be able to interact nicely with other programs / work
> with almost any IDE.

Hm, it appears to me that you see a contradiction where there isn't  
really one.

If GORM is nicely merged with PC, you can still use any favourite IDE  
and just the GORM part for editing NIB files and ignore the rest of  
its functionality.

> It sounds like a good idea to have Gorm and PC work particularly well
> together though.  They could detect each other and integrate nicely.

With some limitations if they are separately maintained applications...