Topic: Questions on programming widelands

fuchur Topic Opener Joined: 2009-10-07, 13:01 Posts: 186 Widelands-Forum-Junkie Location: Germany	Posted at: 2014-11-24, 20:57 I'm more used to Delphi but now I want to do a little programming with widelands and therefore downloaded the source code according to the instructions here in the wiki. But I have some questions about that topic. At some time I'd like to upload my changes to launchpad. Do I have to create a branch before I download the source code? Or do I create it just before I change something? Is there a special naming scheme for branch names? What's the best place to ask specific questions concerning the source code? Are there recommended IDEs for Ubuntu or do you just use a simple text editor? Any help is appreciated Top Quote

GunChleoc Joined: 2013-10-07, 14:56 Posts: 3324 One Elder of Players Location: RenderedRect	Posted at: 2014-11-24, 21:14 This is an important page for you: https://wl.widelands.org/wiki/BzrPrimer/ First, you need to register an ssh key with Launchpad: https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/CreatingAnSSHKeyPair. Otherwise, you won't be able to upload (push) your changes. Then, you `bzr branch lp:widelands trunk` the trunk into a local directory. You then create a local copy of the trunk by running `bzr branch trunk <destination-folder>` You then do your work in the destination-folder, which you can upload into a new branch on Launchpad. I use the tool "BZR Explorer" for that, which will also give me a diff between the current files and the last commit. Once your work is finished, you will make a merge request on Launchpad and we will review the code. For specific questions concering the code, you can try all channels really. If you're working on a bug that's in our bugtracker, you could use that. If not, the forum, IRC or the mailing list - your pick. I use QT Quick for C++ and Geany for Lua. All tools I mentioned are available in the Ubuntu Software Center. Edited: 2014-11-24, 21:14 Busy indexing nil values Top Quote

fuchur Topic Opener Joined: 2009-10-07, 13:01 Posts: 186 Widelands-Forum-Junkie Location: Germany	Posted at: 2014-11-26, 16:50 Thanks a lot, I didn't know that page in the wiki. I guess that's because I didn't click on the development main menu entry where it's linked. But as I read in the Wiki Thread that "problem" will be addressed. Top Quote