> things like that, you want to edit in something like Visual Studio Code > you open the folder with the code in it and it'll try to resolve where > each function is from so you can jump to it easily > getting into a big existing project always sucks though and the only way > to get better at it is to just keep trying to do it, even if you scrap > everything or break something or whatever > my personal projects are all like 1 or 2 source files, I hate splitting > shit up ┐(´ω` )┌ tracking them down isn't too hard, what is annoying is when there's a gazillion objects or structs or whatever that contain each other, i quickly find myself overwhelmed and can't see what does what anymore ヽ(´ー｀)ノ Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 19:12:25
> ok i lied, i meant to say i want to contribute to code but i don't have the skills to do so > i had once made a program that finds every line that contains "int main()" among all the files > of a directory only to realize that to understand what every class worked i had to trace back > a dozen header files (ρ_;) things like that, you want to edit in something like Visual Studio Code you open the folder with the code in it and it'll try to resolve where each function is from so you can jump to it easily getting into a big existing project always sucks though and the only way to get better at it is to just keep trying to do it, even if you scrap everything or break something or whatever my personal projects are all like 1 or 2 source files, I hate splitting shit up ┐(´ω` )┌ Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 18:37:43
> > i want to contribute to code but i cant find the main function > > (´ー`) > run it in a debugger and single step through it > failing that, edit every function (or at least, all the ones that seem > like they could be the main one) to output its name to the console and > see which one comes up first ( ´ω`) > VERY brute force, but it should work > failing that, ask the author lol ヽ(´∇`)ノ ok i lied, i meant to say i want to contribute to code but i don't have the skills to do so i had once made a program that finds every line that contains "int main()" among all the files of a directory only to realize that to understand what every class worked i had to trace back a dozen header files (ρ_;) Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 16:58:04
> > i want to contribute to code but i cant find the main function > > (´ー`) > run it in a debugger and single step through it > failing that, edit every function (or at least, all the ones that seem > like they could be the main one) to output its name to the console and > see which one comes up first ( ´ω`) > VERY brute force, but it should work > failing that, ask the author lol ヽ(´∇`)ノ Not him, but I don't understand debugging tools. They feel more difficult to figure out than the thing I'm trying to figure out most of the time (;ﾟ∇ﾟ) Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 16:58:04
> i want to contribute to code but i cant find the main function > (´ー`) run it in a debugger and single step through it failing that, edit every function (or at least, all the ones that seem like they could be the main one) to output its name to the console and see which one comes up first ( ´ω`) VERY brute force, but it should work failing that, ask the author lol ヽ(´∇`)ノ Reference: 2024/05/14(Tue) 21:40:00