[MonoTouch] Do the makers of Monodevelop actually test the application?

[Brian Newton]

Right,

It's not about opening a second version of the program, just being able to
have two solutions open simultaneously for comparison etc. Many apps allow
new windows with new content (Word, all browsers etc). But yep, I'll give
Jason's terminal hack a try in the meantime.

Brian

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:50 AM, Mike Muegel <mike.muegel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rolf, I don't think Demis and I want a second "instance." We just want the
> ability to open 2+ solutions at the same time but each solution is in a
> different window (same MD instance/icon). Just like any other document
> oriented Mac app, but the "document" is the solution.
>
> Cjeers,
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Rolf Bjarne Kvinge <rolf at xamarin.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Michael Muegel <mike.muegel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> not being able to have two solutions/copies of MD open
>> > My #1 non-bug issue. Doing "keep solution open" in Open helps but not
>> nearly
>> > as useful as second window.
>> > Jason's open -n trick will help for now. But adding support for MD
>> "windows"
>> > would be really great.
>>
>> This is actually how the Mac is supposed to work. It's not MonoDevelop
>> that refuses to open another instance, it's the Mac that just
>> activates the current instance instead of creating a new one when you
>> click on the MonoDevelop icon.
>>
>> Rolf
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Mike
>> > From: Brian Newton <briannewton at gmail.com>
>> > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:37:23 -0700
>> > To: Demis Bellot <demis.bellot at gmail.com>
>> > Cc: <monotouch at lists.ximian.com>, competent_tech
>> > <xamarinforums at competent.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] Do the makers of Monodevelop actually test the
>> > application?
>> >
>> > Monodevelop has been relatively stable for me, I've never had issues
>> with
>> > USB debugging. I did start running into some issues after just straight
>> > upgrading to Lion, but a full uninstall of all components/reinstall in
>> the
>> > proper order did the trick. The only thing that's a constant irritant is
>> not
>> > being able to do find in all files (it just never finds anything) and
>> not
>> > being able to have two solutions/copies of MD open at the same time as
>> far
>> > as I can tell. Makes comparing my code with Miguel's amazing sample code
>> > more difficult. =)
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Demis Bellot <demis.bellot at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Sigh, Reply all...
>> >> The main problem with MonoDevelop is most devs using it are coming from
>> >> a VS.NET (and possibly R#) background, so yeah the new IDE and lacks
>> some
>> >> features that can slow down productivity some-what.
>> >> But the value of MonoTouch/Droid is clearly being able to run C# on
>> >> iOS/Android with the possibility of re-using your existing code-base
>> which
>> >> IMHO more than makes up for any productivity loss.
>> >> In this light, the value more than justifies the cost.
>> >> - Demis
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:07 PM, competent_tech
>> >> <xamarinforums at competent.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I pay $2500/year for visual studio which has crashed about the same
>> >>> number of
>> >>> times as monodevelop since I started using it 3 months ago.
>> >>>
>> >>> I pay $1500/year for one windows/asp.net component suite and filing
>> bugs
>> >>> with the vendor results in them telling us that the obviously broken
>> >>> control
>> >>> behavior is by design after "analyzing" the issue for 2 months. The
>> first
>> >>> and only bug I have filed with monotouch/monodevelop had a workaround
>> in
>> >>> < 2
>> >>> hours and a permanent fix in < 24 hours.
>> >>>
>> >>> We were able to convert more than 500,000 LOC from an existing Windows
>> >>> tablet app written in VB to monotouch in 3 months and now have
>> customers
>> >>> lining up at the door for the iPad version.
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes there are some issues and I would be happy to have more third
>> party
>> >>> controls and suites to choose from, but overall, monodevelop and
>> >>> monotouch
>> >>> are absolute steals and incredibly well supported.
>> >>>
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