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Nicholls, Mark

13 Dec 2007 13 Dec '07

10:28 a.m.

I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks great....but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone know how to do this? Lead Broadcast and Corporate Architect Technology London (44) 0207 284 7596

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Simon Marlow

13 Dec 13 Dec

11:21 a.m.

Nicholls, Mark wrote:

I’ve just downloaded the vs integration package….which looks great….but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2….does anyone know how to do this?

No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it etc. There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I expect it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual Haskell itself is no mean feat. We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell. Also, we need to update it for VS 2008... Cheers, Simon

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Nicholls, Mark

11:23 a.m.

Ahhh ok....in eclipse it was trivial.....but I'd much prefer it to be in VS. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Marlow [mailto:simonmarhaskell@gmail.com] Sent: 13 December 2007 16:22 To: Nicholls, Mark Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org Subject: Re: upgrading visual studio integration to use 6.8.2.... Nicholls, Mark wrote:

I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks great....but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone know how to do this?

No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it etc. There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I expect it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual Haskell itself is no mean feat. We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell. Also, we need to update it for VS 2008... Cheers, Simon

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Krasimir Angelov

14 Dec 14 Dec

5 a.m.

The hard work is to integrate it with the new version of Cabal. The problem is that the configurations model that Cabal employs can't be easily matched with the configurations in Visual Studio. For the new GHC versions I expect that the changes will be more trivial. Cheers, Krasimir On Dec 13, 2007 6:23 PM, Nicholls, Mark wrote:

Ahhh ok....in eclipse it was trivial.....but I'd much prefer it to be in VS.

-----Original Message----- From: Simon Marlow [mailto:simonmarhaskell@gmail.com] Sent: 13 December 2007 16:22 To: Nicholls, Mark Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org Subject: Re: upgrading visual studio integration to use 6.8.2....

Nicholls, Mark wrote:

...
I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks great....but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone know how to do this?

No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it etc. There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I expect it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual Haskell itself is no mean feat.

We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell.

Also, we need to update it for VS 2008...

Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users

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Simon Marlow

9:46 a.m.

Hi Krasimir, Yes, I'm sure that's true. I suspect the best way is for Visual Haskell to add its own configuration sections to the .cabal file, and recognise them when they are already there. Understanding the .cabal file is not a problem, but we also have to be able to modify it, for example when the user adds a module. In the presence of configurations this could be tricky, but for the complex cases where we can't figure out how to modify it we can just require the user to edit the .cabal file by hand (since presumably it wasn't generated by Visual Haskell in the first place anyway). BTW, I was recently made aware of "Visual Studio Shell": http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx This is a freely redistributable Visual Studio installer that includes no language support, but allows plugins. In theory at least Visual Haskell ought to run on top of it. So then a complete Visual Haskell would be available for free. Are you (or anyone else) interested in looking into this? Cheers, Simon Krasimir Angelov wrote:

The hard work is to integrate it with the new version of Cabal. The problem is that the configurations model that Cabal employs can't be easily matched with the configurations in Visual Studio. For the new GHC versions I expect that the changes will be more trivial.

Cheers, Krasimir

On Dec 13, 2007 6:23 PM, Nicholls, Mark wrote:

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Ahhh ok....in eclipse it was trivial.....but I'd much prefer it to be in VS.

-----Original Message----- From: Simon Marlow [mailto:simonmarhaskell@gmail.com] Sent: 13 December 2007 16:22 To: Nicholls, Mark Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org Subject: Re: upgrading visual studio integration to use 6.8.2....

Nicholls, Mark wrote:

...
I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks great....but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone know how to do this? No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it etc. There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I expect it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual Haskell itself is no mean feat.

We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell.

Also, we need to update it for VS 2008...

Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users

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Seth Kurtzberg

9:54 a.m.

Wouldn't an eclipse plug in make more sense? (Unless one exists that I'm unaware of.) -- Seth Kurtzberg On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:46:14 +0000 Simon Marlow wrote:

Hi Krasimir,

Yes, I'm sure that's true. I suspect the best way is for Visual Haskell to add its own configuration sections to the .cabal file, and recognise them when they are already there.

Understanding the .cabal file is not a problem, but we also have to be able to modify it, for example when the user adds a module. In the presence of configurations this could be tricky, but for the complex cases where we can't figure out how to modify it we can just require the user to edit the .cabal file by hand (since presumably it wasn't generated by Visual Haskell in the first place anyway).

BTW, I was recently made aware of "Visual Studio Shell":

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx

This is a freely redistributable Visual Studio installer that includes no language support, but allows plugins. In theory at least Visual Haskell ought to run on top of it. So then a complete Visual Haskell would be available for free. Are you (or anyone else) interested in looking into this?

Cheers, Simon

Krasimir Angelov wrote:

...
The hard work is to integrate it with the new version of Cabal. The problem is that the configurations model that Cabal employs can't be easily matched with the configurations in Visual Studio. For the new GHC versions I expect that the changes will be more trivial.

Cheers, Krasimir

On Dec 13, 2007 6:23 PM, Nicholls, Mark wrote:

...
Ahhh ok....in eclipse it was trivial.....but I'd much prefer it to be in VS.

-----Original Message----- From: Simon Marlow [mailto:simonmarhaskell@gmail.com] Sent: 13 December 2007 16:22 To: Nicholls, Mark Cc: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org Subject: Re: upgrading visual studio integration to use 6.8.2....

Nicholls, Mark wrote:

...
I've just downloaded the vs integration package....which looks great....but it comes with 6.6.1, and I was hoping to move to 6.8.2....does anyone know how to do this? No, someone needs to rebuild Visual Haskell using 6.8.2, and test it etc. There have been lots of changes in both the GHC API and Cabal, so I expect it will not be a straightforward recompile. Also building Visual Haskell itself is no mean feat.

We'd love it if someone were able to take this on. The code for Visual Haskell is available at http://darcs.haskell.org/vshaskell.

Also, we need to update it for VS 2008...

Cheers, Simon _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users

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Bayley, Alistair

9:57 a.m.

From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Seth Kurtzberg

Wouldn't an eclipse plug in make more sense? (Unless one exists that I'm unaware of.)

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Seth Kurtzberg

10:10 a.m.

Thanks. On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:57:05 -0000 "Bayley, Alistair" wrote:

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From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Seth Kurtzberg

Wouldn't an eclipse plug in make more sense? (Unless one exists that I'm unaware of.)

http://eclipsefp.sourceforge.net/

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Krasimir Angelov

10 a.m.

On Dec 14, 2007 4:46 PM, Simon Marlow wrote:

BTW, I was recently made aware of "Visual Studio Shell":

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsx2008/products/bb933751.aspx

This is a freely redistributable Visual Studio installer that includes no language support, but allows plugins. In theory at least Visual Haskell ought to run on top of it. So then a complete Visual Haskell would be available for free. Are you (or anyone else) interested in looking into this?

This is great! I don't have time at the moment but I might try in the beginning of the next year. Cheers, Krasimir

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