{"id":415,"date":"2008-08-07T10:38:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/?p=415"},"modified":"2008-08-07T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T17:34:38","slug":"ibm-rational-clearcase-keyboard-shortcuts-from-visual-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/news\/2008\/ibm-rational-clearcase-keyboard-shortcuts-from-visual-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Rational Clearcase keyboard shortcuts from Visual Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll repeat this as often as I get the chance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The mouse is for CONSUMERS.<\/li>\n<li>The keyboard is for PRODUCERS.<\/li>\n<li>The only exception is for ARTISTS, who should be using TABLETS anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get your hand off that mouse!  \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to stay mouse-free using Clearcase version control in Visual Studio.  To get to the place where you can set up your own &#8220;tools&#8221; to fire off via the keyboard, for VS2008, use Tools->External Tools, and if you&#8217;re still chugging happily along with VC6, use Tools->Customize->Tools.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table border=1 cellpadding=4>\n<tr>\n<th>Purpose<\/th>\n<th>Command<\/th>\n<th>Version<\/th>\n<th>Arguments<\/th>\n<th>Initial dir<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=2>Compare with previous version<\/td>\n<td rowspan=2>#ccpath#\\bin\\cleardlg.exe<\/td>\n<td>VS 2008 FP1<\/td>\n<td>\/diffpred &#8220;$(ItemPath)&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>$(ItemDir)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VS 6.0 SP6<\/td>\n<td>\/diffpred &#8220;$(FilePath)&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>$(FileDir)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=2>Show the version tree<\/td>\n<td rowspan=2>#ccpath#\\bin\\clearvtree.exe<\/td>\n<td>VS 2008 FP1<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(ItemPath)&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>$(ItemDir)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VS 6.0 SP6<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(FilePath)&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>$(FileDir)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=2>Show checkouts (from 2 levels up)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=2>#ccpath#\\bin\\clearfindco.exe<\/td>\n<td>VS 2008 FP1<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(SolutionDir)\\..\\..\\&#8221;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VS 6.0 SP6<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(WkspDir)\\..\\..\\&#8221;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=2>Update view (from 2 levels up)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=2>#ccpath#\\bin\\clearviewupdate.exe<\/td>\n<td>VS 2008 FP1<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(SolutionDir)\\..\\..\\&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>#ccpath#\\bin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VS 6.0 SP6<\/td>\n<td>&#8220;$(WkspDir)\\..\\..\\&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>#ccpath#\\bin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Then add keyboard shortcuts for the tools, and you&#8217;ll be that much farther from reaching for the mouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll repeat this as often as I get the chance: The mouse is for CONSUMERS. 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