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Lingua Franca extension for Visual Studio Code
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Usability issues with VS Code extension #39

Open edwardalee opened 2 years ago

edwardalee commented 2 years ago

There are still some problems with usability here.

  1. When I build a .lf file, the stdout from the build process is nowhere to be seen. It is not obvious that anything has happened, nor do I know how to run the compiled code.
  2. The diagram view should default to below the code rather than to the right. Most diagrams are much wider than they are tall.
  3. I think the diagram view should open by default. It's pretty obscure, and hence will likely not help new users.
  4. Maybe the quick start instructions should point to some example LF projects/programs.
lhstrh commented 2 years ago

When building, a progress window like this should appear: image

I agree that stdout and stderr need to be directed somewhere (it is currently hidden).

soerendomroes commented 2 years ago

The diagram view should default to below the code rather than to the right. Most diagrams are much wider than they are tall.

I currently did not find a quick solution for this. I will create a ticket in klighd-vscode for this feature since I think it is generally possible.

I think the diagram view should open by default. It's pretty obscure, and hence will likely not help new users.

We also like to have this feature in our kieler vscode extension. The corresponding ticket is tracked in https://github.com/kieler/klighd-vscode/issues/39. I do, however, not remember the exact reason for this is also failed to document it properly.

soerendomroes commented 2 years ago

The diagram view should default to below the code rather than to the right. Most diagrams are much wider than they are tall.

VS Code only supports ViewColumns and not ViewRows, therefore, this is impossible. However, if the diagram widget is preserved it remains below if it was once moved there.

soerendomroes commented 2 years ago

The diagram view should default to below the code rather than to the right. Most diagrams are much wider than they are tall.

I currently did not find a quick solution for this. I will create a ticket in klighd-vscode for this feature since I think it is generally possible.

I think the diagram view should open by default. It's pretty obscure, and hence will likely not help new users.

We also like to have this feature in our kieler vscode extension. The corresponding ticket is tracked in kieler/klighd-vscode#39. I do, however, not remember the exact reason for this is also failed to document it properly.

These issues will be fixed via https://github.com/kieler/klighd-vscode/pull/100 and the behavior is the following: If the klighd-vscode extension is first used in a vscode it will try to open the diagram to the right. As mentioned before VS Code does not support opening something below. If one moves the diagram below it will be reopened below if the vscode is restarted/reloaded again. If the diagram was explicitly closed it will not open again after a restart/reload.