I came across a minor problem when using VM. It produced an error message that took me a while to track down. The project compiled without any errors in the Arduino IDE.

The library can be downloaded here:

https://bitbucket.org/fmalpartida/new-liquidcrystal/downloads/LCD_v1.1.4.zip

and if you try to compile the SerialDisplay example it will work in the Arduino IDE but fail in VM. In case you don't want to download the library you can reproduce it by running an LiquidCrystal example from the Arduino IDE and just add a file to the LiquidCrystal folder with the extension cpp__.

I believe the problem is caused by having files with the extension .cpp__ and .h__ in the directory. I believe they represent the original library files supplied with the Arduino IDE. I just deleted these two files (once I'd discovered the cause by turning on full compilation messages)

BTW would it be possible for the verbose compilation messages to output one file per line. Currently you get loads of files on a single line (vertical scrolling is much easier than horizontal scrolling).

Iain

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Dec 31^st, 2011 at 3:25pm:
Done.

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Perhaps we could have an option to return exactly what comes out from the compiler?

That way, when I run into a problem I can change a setting in VM rather than having to fire up the Arduino IDE.

Iain