1. Idea for a New Project
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrognet.net> Jun 13, 2003
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Here is an idea for a new project for someone out there tring to find a project to create. Why not create a windows drawing program that allows the user to drop icons/symbols on a graphics page. These symbols would be like flow chart like symbols. The user would place these symbols on the page and connect them just like a flow chart describing a programming. Double clicking on a sysmbol would allow the user to edit the detail contents of the symbol. Once the flowchart has been created; a button is clicked to generate the Euphoria DOS code that the flowchart represents. This would be used to create DOS programs which do not have a IDE to create them easily and would also aid user in thinking more about the design of their progams. Bernie
2. Re: Idea for a New Project
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com Jun 13, 2003
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On Friday 13 June 2003 12:01 pm, you wrote: > > > Here is an idea for a new project for someone out > there tring to find a project to create. > > Why not create a windows drawing program that allows > the user to drop icons/symbols on a graphics page. > These symbols would be like flow chart like symbols. > The user would place these symbols on the page and > connect them just like a flow chart describing a > programming. Double clicking on a sysmbol would allow > the user to edit the detail contents of the symbol. > Once the flowchart has been created; a button is clicked > to generate the Euphoria DOS code that the flowchart > represents. > This would be used to create DOS programs which do not > have a IDE to create them easily and would also aid user > in thinking more about the design of their progams. There are (or were) a couple of commercial programs which were supposed to allow "visual programming" - didn't generate Euphoria code, of course. Sadly, I could never get much beyond the "hello world" stage with any of these. Perhaps the implementation was flawed, or the user interface poorly designed. Or maybe I don't know how to program. It would be interesting to see something like you describe it if would actually work. Regards, Irv
3. Re: Idea for a New Project
- Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 14, 2003
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----- Original Message ----- From: <eugtk at yahoo.com> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: RE: Idea for a New Project > > > --- Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> wrote: > > > > > > There is something called "Kaptain". It is supposed > > to be an easy way to > > make a graphical interface for Linux programs. > > Yes, that's what it does - implement a GUI for common > (existing) command line programs. > > I was thinking more along the lines of Prograph > http://www.pictorius.com/ > which allows the programmer to build source code by > dragging and dropping various boxes on the screen, and > connecting them with lines. I tried Prograph > a few years ago, and decided that it just wasn't > useful for any "real" programming tasks. Other people > have better success with it, if you believe Pictorus' > sales pitch. > > Anyway, there's a free trial available, but it's a > 26 meg download. > > Also, there once was a programming language called > "Blue", which operated in much the same way. Work on > that seems to have been discontinued. I used to work with a product like this for DEC VAX machines back around 1985. You would build up a program by using diagrams and connecting lines, plus you could add a little direct code at times. It would generate COBOL code which you'd then compile. -- Derek