Re: [Libreoffice] [PATCH] tiny first patch - fix 32 bit overflow at compile

At 3:12am -0400 Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Cedric Bosdonnat wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 13:44 -0400, Kevin Hunter wrote:
> > For a project as large as LibreOffice, you may also more appreciate
> > the use of an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Eclipse is
> > often touted to me, as is Geany, and KDevelop.
>
> Did you ever tried loading the sw module sources in Eclipse? it may
> be possible, but you'll have some memory troubles and slowdowns with
> the indexing.

Have I with LO?  No, not yet.  But I've only just started with the LO 
codebase.  No offense intended, but I will try it myself first. 
Software (and hardware!) configurations can vary wildly even within a 
single distribution, meaning that where one developer struggles, another 
might have great success.

> A combination of Vim/Emacs and ctags is great and much quicker. I'll
> try to cleanup and push my vim configuration somwhere for others to
> download.

In response to the original question, I intentionally kept a very even 
keel about the editors/IDEs available.  Though I personally can work 
well in a number of environments, I also have my preferred environments 
for certain situations and code bases.  Coding is such an individual 
activity (outside of XP of course), that I think it foolhardy to push 
one's environment as "the best".

In this vein, I standby my original statement:

"Picking the right programming environment is often a never-ending 
journey, but certainly not one that someone else can choose for you."

Regards,

Kevin