Re:Why IntelliJ IDEA is hailed as the most friendly Java IDE...
by lmm on Friday March 04, 2016 @11:36AM
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> You solved this yourself. ("aha, there's a weird square in the very bottom left corner...")
Indeed. I think this whole thread is showing that the UI has a lot of surprising/nondiscoverable aspects though. It would be better if all the functionality was accessible via the main menus as a fallback.
> Does the ability to trigger a make when you want it mitigate this somewhat?
Ironically it would probably be better to get myself into the right habit if the continuous building were less reliable - it goes wrong rarely enough that I feel dumb insisting on a make every time, but if I start trusting it I get tripped up.
The key combination for make is relatively fiddly. Maybe I should try binding it to ctrl-S.
Indeed. I think this whole thread is showing that the UI has a lot of surprising/nondiscoverable aspects though. It would be better if all the functionality was accessible via the main menus as a fallback.
> Does the ability to trigger a make when you want it mitigate this somewhat?
Ironically it would probably be better to get myself into the right habit if the continuous building were less reliable - it goes wrong rarely enough that I feel dumb insisting on a make every time, but if I start trusting it I get tripped up.
The key combination for make is relatively fiddly. Maybe I should try binding it to ctrl-S.