> I use the openscad plugin for the free version of intelij community IDE Tim Hawkins, I've shied away from IDEs for some time. 1) I cycle between Windows, Ubuntu, Arduino, and Raspberry OS and I have yet to find an IDE that allows that to happen seamlessly. 2) Most IDEs that I've tried (Eclipse, PyCharm, etc) are so complicated, forcing me to set up complicated project and directory structures and with all sorts of mysterious files that only the IDE understands, and most of the time just getting in the way when all I want to do is get to my code. 3) Also, I am developing for robotics, some IDEs make me run in a sandbox and I cannot get to the hardware when I run within the IDE. Is Intelij really as good as its hype? Recently, some of my OpenSCAD and Python programs have grown to the point where I feel that an IDE may be warranted. But, there's usually such a steep learning curve for IDEs (directory structures, hot-keys, etc). I am therefore researching to see if it would be worth the investment. Thanks for any insights you can give. Len On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 8:09 PM larry <lar3ry@sasktel.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2021-08-02 at 09:30 -0500, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > > For me, I get around this by using a manual versioning system. When > > I open up an OpenSCAD file, for example "mountingPlate-05.scad", I > > immediately "Save as..." the next version number, "mountingPlate- > > 06.scad". > > > > I never have conflicting file saves, and I have older versions to > > fall back on if I really hork things up. > > THAT is one heck of a good idea! Works for all sorts of different > files, not just OpenSCAD. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >