1. VisualBasic look-a-like
I was thinking to write an editor, witch would be a VisualBasic =
look-a-like for Euphoria.
Is there someone writing this kind of thing? I'd rather just use one, =
but if no-one isn't releasing any in the next few weeks, I have to do it =
by myself.
I was thinking to name it as VisualEuphoria, but then found out that the =
name was allready used by Daniel Berstein's code editor.
what do you all(win32 euphorians) think about this?
--Tapani
2. Re: VisualBasic look-a-like
Check out VisualWin32lib written by Stephen Spencer which can be found in
the archives. It's based on Visual Basic and, I believe, was written in VB.
It's not current but does work using David Cuny's Win32Lib. As for
VisualEuphoria, I'm currently looking into extending that library with the
help of Daniel Berstein, if possible.
Gary.
>I was thinking to write an editor, witch would be a VisualBasic look-a-
like for Euphoria.
>Is there someone writing this kind of thing? I'd rather just use one, but
if no-one isn't releasing any in the next few weeks, I have to do it by
myself.
>I was thinking to name it as VisualEuphoria, but then found out that the
name was allready used by Daniel Berstein's code editor.
>
>what do you all(win32 euphorians) think about this?
>
>--Tapani
3. Re: VisualBasic look-a-like
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> I was thinking to write an editor, witch would be a VisualBasic look-a-like
> for Euphoria.
> Is there someone writing this kind of thing? I'd rather just use one, but if
> no-one isn't releasing any in the next few weeks, I have to do it by myself.
> I was thinking to name it as VisualEuphoria, but then found out that the name
> was allready used by Daniel Berstein's code editor.
>
> what do you all(win32 euphorians) think about this?
>
> --Tapani
I think it is a wonderful idea.
May the souce be with you.
Irv
p.s. Hopefully, this will be written in Euphoria, not Delphi or VB or whatever.
That way, it can be maintained, improved, updated as Euphoria gets additional
functions or moves to new platforms.
4. Re: VisualBasic look-a-like
Irv,
VisualEuphoria is written in Delphi and makes use of the Delphi VCL to
produce all of the GUI components. Without Delphi, you don't have the
current concept of VisualEuphoria. You would have to write your own visual
components (like David's Llama) to do the same thing in Euphoria, and you
can see what a task that is. You still would have the portability problems.
What with Inprise/Borland currently considering Delphi for the Linux
platform, VisualEuphoria, in it's current configuration, would be a
candidate for Linux.
Gary.
>Irv
>p.s. Hopefully, this will be written in Euphoria, not Delphi or VB or
whatever.
>That way, it can be maintained, improved, updated as Euphoria gets
additional
>functions or moves to new platforms.
5. Re: VisualBasic look-a-like
Tapani wrote:
> I was thinking to write an editor, which would
> be a VisualBasic look-a-like for Euphoria.
By "editor", do you mean a text editor (similar to ed or ee), or are you
referring to a full development environment, with screens for laying out
control on windows, and so forth?
I posted a Win32 editor prototype a couple of days ago on the RDS site. It's
written in Win32Lib. Although it's very incomplete and buggy, it does show
off most of features you need for writing an editor. It
- loads files
- positions the caret
- allows text selection using keyboard or mouse
- handles navigation keys
- does syntax coloring
The reason I haven't completed it is that I have a ton of other projects.
There's documentation supplied with it that explains how it works in
general. If someone were interested in finishing it or putting together an
Win32 editor, I'd be glad to try to answer any questions about it in more
detail.
-- David Cuny
