1. A wish list item
- Posted by poplar at vicon.net
Aug 02, 2002
Among many other ideas expressed for a wish list, is the recurring
one of an easy way of temporarily nullifying a code block while
developing a program. (If this is blindingly obvious to the reader,
just pass on 
I use this a lot:
..code I am working with...
...more of same...
...more...
while 0 do -- debug/development
...code I don't want to run... --This stuff
...more of same... --does not
...more... --run.
end while -- debug/development
..back to running code...
...more of same...
...etc.
Works for me. The interpreter examines the "don't run" code and crabs
about errors, but so what...? Sometimes I work my way down in code,
moving the "while 0 do" as I go, checking the functionality of each
section. Since I mostly do DOS programming, I also use the Cuny ee.ex
editor with Carl White's neat trick of selecting and pressing Ctrl+-
as well. Point is, another way to do this seems well down on the
desirability scale for a wish list .
Now, as to wishes, how about bringing the ee editor up-to-date and
improving it? How about creating a Windows editor that has all the
features of ee.ex plus tricks that Windows programming make possible?
I think having first class Eu-specific editors for DOS, Windows, and
Unix/Linux should be way up there on any wish list. They make for,
um, rapid development of software...
--Quark
2. Re: A wish list item
On 2 Aug 2002, at 16:17, poplar at vicon.net wrote:
>
> Among many other ideas expressed for a wish list, is the recurring one
> of an easy way of temporarily nullifying a code block while developing a
> program. (If this is blindingly obvious to the reader, just pass on
>
> I use this a lot:
>
> ..code I am working with...
> ...more of same...
> ...more...
>
> while 0 do -- debug/development
> ...code I don't want to run... --This stuff
> ...more of same... --does not
> ...more... --run.
> end while -- debug/development
>
> ..back to running code...
> ...more of same...
> ...etc.
>
> Works for me. The interpreter examines the "don't run" code and crabs
> about errors, but so what...? Sometimes I work my way down in code,
> moving the "while 0 do" as I go, checking the functionality of each
> section. Since I mostly do DOS programming, I also use the Cuny ee.ex
> editor with Carl White's neat trick of selecting and pressing Ctrl+- as
> well. Point is, another way to do this seems well down on the
> desirability scale for a wish list .
>
> Now, as to wishes, how about bringing the ee editor up-to-date and
> improving it? How about creating a Windows editor that has all the
> features of ee.ex plus tricks that Windows programming make possible? I
> think having first class Eu-specific editors for DOS, Windows, and
> Unix/Linux should be way up there on any wish list. They make for, um,
> rapid development of software...
>
> --Quark
>
>
>
>
Am I right to think that Rob's (you can read RDS as well) is to develop
and improve Euphoria? If what you need is an editor there are lots of
good ones at the Web, several free, mostly good enough. I can't see me
reinventing wheel once more...
