[Gambas-user] IDE improvement

[Benoît Minisini]

> Benoît Minisini ha scritto:
> >> I would suggest a little IDE improvement...
> >> I think that it should be useful and clearer to change the state of the
> >> cursor icon to "busy" then we compile a project so that the user can
> >> clearly see when the operations terminates.
> >> Now the only way to know when the operation ends is to look at the
> >> status bar in he bottom left corner and wait for the message
> >> "compilation... (etc)" disappears.
> >
> > The cursor icon *is* changed to "busy" when you compile the project. You
> > don't have to wait for the message to disappear. As soon as you don't see
> > the busy cursor anymore, the compilation is finished.
> >
> > Or maybe the compiler is too fast? :-)
>
> I see a little changing... something that I can say is less than an half
> a second. But only if I leave the cursor on the compile button.
> But the message in the status bar persists for more than 4 or 5 seconds...
> What do I have to think? That the compilation has been terminated when
> the icon backs to arrow or when the message disappears?
>
> (Ubuntu 8.10, Gnome 2.24, Gambas 2.11.1 compiled from sources).

As soon as you don't see the busy cursor anymore, and the GUI is usable gain, 
the compilation is finished. The message stays longer so that you can read it. 
Otherwise you wouldn't have the time.

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Benoît