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Geroldr: /* Who is currently involved in writing code? */

2007-10-22T16:55:55Z

Who is currently involved in writing code?

Geroldr at 16:51, 22 October 2007

2007-10-22T16:51:54Z

Geroldr at 16:50, 22 October 2007

2007-10-22T16:50:06Z

Stefanbidi: Finished

2006-09-12T16:22:11Z

Finished

Stefanbidi: Still needs some TLC, but I'm tired! I'll continue on it tomorrow if no one else does.

2006-09-12T02:00:06Z

Still needs some TLC, but I'm tired! I'll continue on it tomorrow if no one else does.

Cbv: Add category

2006-09-08T11:52:17Z

Add category

CzarnyZajaczek: /* General Strategy */ typo

2005-11-28T21:53:41Z

General Strategy: typo

Pinkwerks: Started FAQ. Created custom text editor section.

2005-11-22T21:04:06Z

Started FAQ. Created custom text editor section.

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= Frequently Asked Questions =

== PC? ==
PC is an abbreviation for [[ProjectCenter]].

== Using custom text editors with ProjectCenter? ==
Why a custom text editor? Let's face it, PC's built-in text editor is lacking features many programmers have come to expect in an IDE such as 'syntax highlighting' and 'auto indentation'. After all, PC's focus is to manage a project and not edit source files. The basic idea here is one chooses a custom editor to work on the files.

=== General Strategy ===
First one must tell PC which command invokes the custom text editor. Navigate to the ''PC > Info > Preferences'' Menu. When the window appears, change the pulldown to ''Miscellaneous''. Their you'll find the ''Editor'' preference, which by default is set to 'ProjectCenter'. Change this value to reflect the location of a custom editor.

=== Emacs ===
In short, tell emacs to start a server on startup that allows it to share editing contexts.
*First add the line '(server-start)' to your ~/.emacs file. You may skip this but you'll have to manually issue this command everytime you start emacs. Below is an example of how to do this using the shell.
echo '(server-start)' >> ~/.emacs
*Launch Emacs. Checking the *messages* buffer should show that the server has started.
*Set the ''Editor Preference'' in PC to the location of your `emacsclient` (see General Strategy above) and tell it to not wait around for the buffer to exit.
/usr/bin/emacsclient -n
*Click a file in PC and it should appear in the buffer in your emacs client.

Again, make sure that emacs is running before you open the file in PC. `emacsclient` doesn't have the ability to create a new emacs server, only connect to an existing one. It's done this way versus using plain old `emacs` to prevent multiple instances of 'foo.h' being open.

=== Nano ===
Possible values for ''Editor'' in the ''Preferences'' window. Be sure to prefix with the location of `nc`.
nc --noask
On Debian :
nedit-nc --noask

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 == The ProjectCenter Team ==
 === Who is currently involved in writing code? ===
-* '''Serg Stoyan''' is the main author and responsible for the design of ProjectCenter
+* '''Serg Stoyan''' is the main author and responsible for the ProjectCenter design
 * '''Philippe C.D. Robert''' was the previous author and maintainer
 * '''Adam Fedor contributed''' Makefile patches

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 == General Information ==
-=== What is Project Center, aka PC? ===
+=== What is ProjectCenter, aka PC? ===
 :ProjectCenter is the GNUstep counterpart to NeXT's ProjectBuilder. The project is not finished yet - and won't be for a long time - but is already usable for real world projects. It is designed towards an extendibility and as much as programmer's freedom as possible!

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 == General Information ==
-=== What is Poject Center, aka PC? ===
+=== What is Project Center, aka PC? ===
-:ProjectCenter is the GNUstep counterpart to NeXT's ProjectBuilder. The project is not finished yet - and won't be for a long time - but is already usable for realworld projects. It is designed towards an extendability and as much as programmer's freedom as possible!
+:ProjectCenter is the GNUstep counterpart to NeXT's ProjectBuilder. The project is not finished yet - and won't be for a long time - but is already usable for real world projects. It is designed towards an extendibility and as much as programmer's freedom as possible!
 :The ProjectCenter will hopefully consist of the following capabilities somewhen in the midterm future:
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 ::This includes versioning control, automatic makefile generation, file management etc.
 :* ''Source code editing facilities''
-::A builtin editor will be available in a future release. This has not main priority, though.
+::A built-in editor will be available in a future release. This has not main priority, though.
-:* ''Debugging fascilities''
+:* ''Debugging facilities''
-::A builtin debugger will be added to ProjectCenter as soon as possible!
+::A built-in debugger will be added to ProjectCenter as soon as possible!
 :* ''Documentation automation help''
 ::Automatic documentation generation using autogsdoc or another tool will be introduced later.

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 === Do I have to install GTK+ or QT to use it? ===
 :No. ProjectCenter is based on the much more powerful OpenStep API, specified by NeXT Software Inc. (Now Apple Computer Corp.) and Sun Microsystems.
 == The ProjectCenter Team ==
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 * '''Andrew Lindesay''' is the creator of many of the great icons
 * '''Philippe C.D. Robert''' also created some icons

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-= Frequently Asked Questions =
+== General Information ==
 == Using custom text editors with ProjectCenter? ==
 Why a custom text editor?  Let's face it, PC's built-in text editor is lacking features many programmers have come to expect in an IDE such as 'syntax highlighting' and 'auto indentation'.  After all, PC's focus is to manage a project and not edit source files.  The basic idea here is one chooses a custom editor to work on the files.
-=== General Strategy ===
+==== General Strategy ====
 First one must tell PC which command invokes the custom text editor.   Navigate to the ''PC > Info > Preferences'' Menu.  When the window appears, change the pulldown to ''Miscellaneous''.   There you'll find the ''Editor'' preference, which by default is set to 'ProjectCenter'.  Change this value to reflect the location of a custom editor.
-=== Emacs ===
+==== Emacs ====
 In short, tell emacs to start a server on startup that allows it to share editing contexts.
 *First add the line '(server-start)' to your ~/.emacs file.  You may skip this but you'll have to manually issue this command everytime you start emacs.  Below is an example of how to do this using the shell.
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 Again, make sure that emacs is running before you open the file in PC.  `emacsclient` doesn't have the ability to create a new emacs server, only connect to an existing one.  It's done this way versus using plain old `emacs` to prevent multiple instances of 'foo.h' being open.
-=== Nano ===
+==== Nano ====
 Possible values for ''Editor'' in the ''Preferences'' window.  Be sure to prefix with the location of `nc`.
   nc  --noask
 On Debian :
   nedit-nc --noask