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
I make sure all "quick checks" are done with "less" or similar tools outside the IDE. Until Keil can explicitly color-code the background for all files not part of the project, it would just be too dangerous to have some outside files open in the Keil IDE. Showing version in the title bar would just not be visible enough to avoid the risk of a mixup.
In short - the Keil IDE isn't allowed to open any files from other projects or from other checkouts.
the Keil IDE isn't allowed to open any files from other projects or from other checkouts.
not the issue
say I have ver 1.0, 1.04, 1.3 of the same project all open and thus 3 uVisions on the taskbar.
with the current state of uvision I have found no way but memory to know which is 1.0
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".