anyone have an idea how to make the uVision screen show the directory/version/... you are working from on a permanent basis.
I am working on several versions of the same project, sometimes making a quick check in an older version, sometimes working in the release file, sometimes .....
Till now I have avoided working in the wrong version, but I can easily see that happening some day.
it would be great to see e.g. "ver 1.0" somewhere
Erik
Yes it is the issue. I don't allow one uVision window to mix files. And I don't allow my desktop to mix uVisions. Any reference viewing is outside uVision to make it 100% obvious that it is not "the" project. That is the only solution that can give so big visual feedback that I can't miss it. I often use a completely different editor - like the free Crimson editor, if I want color coding etc but want to know that I'm not playing with a work object.
And it really isn't much use for having multiple project versions open - I'm much more helped by two-part or three-part diff if I really do need to compare contents between generations of same project. Most source code repository front-ends should have good functionality for this, allowing you to match current directory tree (working project) with specific tagged versions (or maybe from specific time point).
sometimes I have to make changes to one particular version (long explanation that I'll skip) and that, often, involves 'stealing'
so, to fix 1.0 I 'steal' some from 1.04, some form 1.13. to do that I have all 3 open. Now a request comes in for something completely different (of course, with "change priority") to be done to a curreent (1.13) function that has not changed in ages and the risk I see is that I may add that code to one of the other versions because I am 'blind' to what version is what tab on the taskbar.
Anyhow, please stop discussing the need, I DO need to have many versions open on occasion and let us come back to "can you make the version or directory visible in the uVision window".