The documentation mentions a .t3c file and says “The project file contains information on the window layout, debugger breakpoints, option settings, and build parameters.”
I would actually like this because right now it looks like that information gets shoved into the .t3m file, which doesn’t make a lot of sense to me given that the .t3m should be a “build” file and should have no concern about IDE layouts. (In fact, I would think the “build” file is independent of any specific IDE concerns.)
But where is this .t3c file? When does it get generated? I have yet to see it appear. The “and build parameters” makes me think that perhaps – just perhaps – the .t3c file became a .t3m file. If that’s the case then (1) the documentation should be updated and (2) I really think there is benefit to having layout information separate from a build file. I do think a distinction between a .t3c and a .t3m is useful.
Where do you see that mentioned? I can’t find that particular quote anywhere. The file does exist, but there’s only one, and it contains global Workbench settings for all projects.
A couple people have previously suggested separating out the per-project IDE data from the build data, specifically because of the version-control impact. I agree that this is a good idea, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet; it’s probably not a huge deal to implement since obviously the configuration store is already separating the data into two groups when it rewrites the .t3m file.
