Minor niggles

mikep · Post by **mikep** » 08 February 2008, 13:47 PM

I found the following minor niggles so far:

If you start the IDE from the installer, then the setup program hangs around until you exit the IDE. These two tasks should be independent.
The compile time in native mode is longer now because it is a 3-stage process if you include the conversion of the ELF file to the ZXC format. However this means I got the error message that you cannot run two tasks at the same time - I was over eager one time to do a download while the compile was still finishing. I recommend you disable the download menu options while a compile is still in progress.

stevech · Post by **stevech** » 08 February 2008, 15:10 PM

True: This new IDE/Compiler will still target VM hardware?

Post by **dkinzer** » 08 February 2008, 15:26 PM

stevech wrote:True: This new IDE/Compiler will still target VM hardware?

Yes, it's based on the target device that you select/specify. If you select ZX24a you'll get VM code in a .zxb file. If you select ZX24n you'll get native code in a .zxc file.

Similarly, the downloader (in the IDE or zload.exe) handles both formats and checks the identity of the connected device before downloading to see that it matches the device information embedded in the download file.