Some suggestions about EDI V2 (beta4)

paloy57 · March 19, 2021, 7:46am

Hello
It's my first topic, I used EDI V2 (between 2 and 3 hours per day) since the version beta2, it's a great job very more usable than the EDI V1 but some topics are missing.

When you start an upload, nothing is displayed, and if I click again and i have two upload in the same time.

Could you trace a message in the output windows ( for exemple compilation started ... )
You also could disable the upload button.

Some time, the compilation is fine, but with a problem with the upload ( I forgave to push the button on the board ) so i need to upload again, could you avoid to compile, just a upload is enough.
When you click, in the margin to reduce or developp the code, when there are multi line comment /* */ there is a problem, the comment stop the range of code.

As this version of IDE is a very jump in the future, could you manage the gestion of the board and the port, .... For each project in the same directory than the INO file, could you manage a "Preference.txt" file with une board, the port and all other parameters, Each time, I switch from one projet to another I need the configured again all the IDE, I lost a lot of time.

Regard

pert · March 22, 2021, 12:27am

paloy57:
It's my first topic, I used EDI V2 (between 2 and 3 hours per day) since the version beta2, it's a great job

I'm very glad to hear you like it.

paloy57:

When you start an upload, nothing is displayed

I do think that there should be better feedback from the Arduino IDE 2.x in general. As for uploads, I recommend you to do this:

Select File > Preferences from the menu.
Check the box next to "Show verbose output during: upload"
Click the "OK" button.

The output from the upload process provides some feedback on the upload progress.

paloy57:
if I click again and i have two upload in the same time.
...

You also could disable the upload button.

This should have been fixed in the latest release by this:

paloy57:

Some time, the compilation is fine, but with a problem with the upload ( I forgave to push the button on the board ) so i need to upload again, could you avoid to compile, just a upload is enough.

There is already compilation caching, so you should find that subsequent compilations are very quick (unless you have changed to a different board selection, in which case it's necessary to recompile). Only the sketch is compiled every time.

paloy57:

When you click, in the margin to reduce or developp the code, when there are multi line comment /* */ there is a problem, the comment stop the range of code.

I can reproduce this bug. Please submit a bug report for this specific bug here:

You're welcome to also report your other feedback there if you like, but please use a separate GitHub issue for each distinct suggestion.

paloy57:
As this version of IDE is a very jump in the future, could you manage the gestion of the board and the port, .... For each project in the same directory than the INO file, could you manage a "Preference.txt" file with une board, the port and all other parameters, Each time, I switch from one projet to another I need the configured again all the IDE, I lost a lot of time.

This general feature has been discussed a lot already. It will need to be first implemented in Arduino CLI, which Arduino IDE 2.x uses for all non-GUI tasks. There is discussion about that here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-cli

arduino-cli should provide "environments"

opened 08:17PM - 06 Jan 19 UTC

scls19fr

type: enhancement topic: code

Hello, I wonder if the concept of "environment" (comparable to [conda environ…ments](https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html) or [Julia Pkg environments](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Pkg/index.html)) have been considered (it could help to have several versions of a library installed without odd effects). Here is a possible workflow for dealing with environment with arduino-cli : Create an environment named `myenv` $ arduino-cli env create myenv It should create an empty directory name `myenv` in `~/Documents/Arduino/envs` List all existing environments $ arduino-cli env list Add packages to this environment Latest version of a package $ arduino-cli lib install WiFi101 --env myenv A given version $ arduino-cli lib install "ArduinoJson==5.13.4" --env myenv (this will need arduino/arduino-cli#105 to be fixed) (An environment could also be created directly from a file but this could probably be implemented later) I assume core is installed in the global environment (because I think it's important to keep ability to have libraries and core installed in a shared manner) $ arduino-cli compile --fqbn arduino:samd:mkr1000 Arduino/MyFirstSketch --env myenv This last command will use ArduinoJson==5.13.4 even if, for example, ArduinoJson==6.x.y is installed in the "global" environment. What is your opinion of such an idea? Kind regards

And even already some support for it via the "board attach" feature:
https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/commands/arduino-cli_board_attach/
but I think there is also the need for some immediate improvements in the Arduino IDE 2.x itself to make it work the same as the classic Arduino IDE. For example:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

The selected board + port should used for new sketches

opened 11:10AM - 04 Sep 20 UTC

closed 03:44PM - 14 Apr 21 UTC

kittaakos

type: enhancement conclusion: resolved topic: code

When I open a sketch and configure my board and port settings and I create a new… sketch again, my previous board settings are not used for the new sketch; the app shows `no board selected`. The sketches (browser windows) do not know anything about each other. We should put the selected board + port into the URL as a query, and when opening a new window, we should try to retrieve this info.

and I remember a report that the custom board options are also sometimes not remembered.

ptillisch · October 22, 2021, 6:39am

I did some investigation on this problem today. Even when using Arduino IDE 2.0.0-beta.7, I wasn't able to reproduce the issue as something linked to block comments specifically. But I did find a folding-related issue which can be caused by any sketch content, including block comments. I submitted a report about it here:
https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/568

@paloy57 it would be great if you could provide me with an example sketch I can use to reproduce this problem. Then I can check whether it's the same issue I reported at https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/568, or some independent bug that should have a dedicated report.

paloy57 · October 22, 2021, 7:18am

Hello ptillisch

I used the V2 b12 with the same problem

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collapse lines 167 - 170

The lines 171- 198 are not visible , it's the issue

I attached the file ssd1306_128x32_i2c.ino

If I can help you for testing, do not hesitate.

Regards,

Pascal

ssd1306_128x32_i2c.ino (12.2 KB)

ptillisch · October 22, 2021, 7:33am

Thanks for your quick response! I can see that it's the same problem as I describe in https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/568. The issue is that the block comment is not indented with the rest of the code, not that it's a block comment specifically.

If you indent the comment to the same depth as the surrounding code:

  for(i=display.width()-1; i>=0; i-=4) {
    display.drawLine(display.width()-1, display.height()-1, i, 0, SSD1306_WHITE);
    display.display();
    /* test
    de plusieur
    ligne
    */

    delay(1); // ISSUE 568 is visible or not
  }

then the for code block will fold as expected:

Of course it should fold correctly regardless of the indentation, but this means that it should not be necessary to file a dedicate formal bug report on GitHub for block comments interfering with folding, since a fix for https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/568 will also fix the problem you reported.

Thanks! Your feedback is very much welcome. We might be very slow to respond sometimes, but we are interested in it.