Lower case filenames
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[quote author="Gerolf" date="1292748375"]Hi scarleton. Can you please post the link to the feature request when you made it?
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[quote author="Tobias Hunger" date="1292750415"]Tools->Options->C++->File Naming has a checkbox "Lowercase file names" for me. Is that what you are looking for?[/quote]That is it, exactly. Now if it where on the C++ Class Wizard, folk could find it easier :)
[quote author="Tobias Hunger" date="1292750415"]We generally encourage all lowercase filenames since some file systems are case sensitive while others are not. This can cause quite a mess if you are not consistent with your file name casing. So you can put "Something.h" as well as "something.h" into your project in one system and those end up being one file in another (which one depends on the order you copy the files).[/quote]I simply don't follow the logic here, with regards to C++, that is. The whole language is case sensitive, Considering this is the programming language I started in, it is always my habit, even in languages which are NOT case sensitive to make sure that the case is consistent, what ever they might be. I find this to improve readability as much as anything else.
What I don't get is why Unix programmers that live in a world of case sensitive filenames just punt and make everything lower case. I know I REALLY wish Windows was case sensitive because it drives me batty trying to change the case of a filename, I always have to totally rename it to something new and change it back wit the correct case.
But then I am one of those that hates the fact that SQL isn't case sensitive, wish it was:)
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I'd like to reopen this thread. I had used camelCase when naming my files. Now that I see it's not such a good idea, I'd like to change to all lowercase while I still have just a handful of files.
Unfortunately, Creator seems to be getting confused. I changed one filename, but both the old and new versions of the file seem to "exist" now. For example, if I go into a different file, select a class name, and do the "Find Usages" command, both versions of the filename show up.
I've copied the file to another location, deleted it through Qt (including deleting the file permanently), quit and re-started Creator, and re-added the file, and this still happens. Is this a bug, or am I leaving out a step?
And...what's the recommended way to fix all of my filenames within Creator?
Thanks.
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Check your .pro file. Maybe there are duplicates. Also double-check for duplicates in your FS (if you have case-sensitive FS).
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Andre: Nope. The .pro.user file does not contain any information on which files make up the project.
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Andre: That works for me... Please file a bug report if you run into this again.
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Here's what I did:
- closed the project
- quit Creator
- deleted the .user file, and the shadow build directory
- started Creator
- opened the project
- Clean All
- Run Qmake (from the menu)
- opened a particular .h file
- right-clicked on a class name
- selected Find Usages
...and I am still getting the duplicate file name in the search results.
EDIT:
An additional data point: I edited the file in question (the one whose name agrees with that in my file system) and inserted a few blank lines before the reference to the class. I re-ran the find usages, and the line number in BOTH files found by the search changed.
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Done, but no response yet.
"link to report":http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-4734
