[meta-sig] IDE sig

[Ken Seehof]

Deliverables:

- Common library to be shared by various IDE projects
      - source code wizards
      - build tools
      - etc.
- Standards for integrating source code control systems
- Forum for ideas feature requests

I'm not sure if there is sufficient volume though.  I have noticed that
relevant discussions pop up in several other places (wxPython, edu-sig,
compiler-sig) that belong in an IDE sig.  I'd like to alleviate the danger
of duplication of effort.

The biggest problem is that IDLE is tcl-tk and some of the other stuff
going on is wxPython (my favorite), and then there's PythonWin.  On
the one hand this means it may be difficult to make a useful library that
serves everyone; on the other hand these various groups need to be
pushed to talk to each other more, and a sig might have that effect.
Who knows, maybe everyone will move over to wxPython like they
should :-)

You may be right though, there might not be enough people doing
IDE work right now to support a sig.  I do think there would be at
least three regular members that I know of.

Greg Stein wrote:

> This sounds more like a discussion forum than a "normal" SIG. Normally, we
> try to define specific deliverables from a SIG. Otherwise, it just kind of
> devolves into a quiet, lingering mailing list. Is there a sufficient
> volume such that this needs move from (say) c.l.py to a new SIG? Can you
> define some deliverables?
>
> Cheers,
> -g
>
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Ken Seehof wrote:
> > We need an IDE sig.
> >
> > There are a number of new IDE development projects in the works.  Also,
> > many IDE features would be quite useful in any embeded scripting
> > scenario, so the scope of this sig would go beyond the obvious projects
> > such as PythonWin, Boa Constructor, wxPython IDE, and Neural Integrator
> > (my project).
> >
> > Shared code and interoperability between IDE systems would be the
> > primary objectives of the IDE sig.
> >
> > Subtopics:
> > - source code editors
> > - code generation (wizards)
> > - integrated debuggers
> > - integrated source code control
> > - integrated c extension module build tools
> >
> > Ken Seehof
> >
> >
> >
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