Re: Damien Version 0.05a -- New Upgrade
Bernie wrote:
> Just a reminder that David's IDE is written entirely
> in Euphoria. Vel and Damien use DLL's that are written
> in C++ or Delphi. It much easier to write a IDE with DLL's
> from other languages and only Euphoria to call the DLLs.
The point remain valid: it is currently much more difficult to write an IDE
using the current Win32 tools than to use some other set of tools. Gold
stars or no for being 'pure' Euphoria, with every release of Damien I get
the feeling that Win32Lib is becoming less and less relevant. Gary has done
a skillful job putting Damien together, no matter what tools he used to do
the job.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm going to abandon Win32Lib, although
sometimes it feels like I've got no time for it.
On a side note, it will be interesting to see how Bernie handles the design
window. Like Gary, I initially had used 'real' controls in my initial IDE,
but abandoned that approach when I couldn't get some controls to respond to
the right mouse click. Odd behavior (trapping mouse events, grabbing focus,
and so on) were other problems that I encountered. That's why the Win32Lib
IDE draws the controls.Seeing Bernie's success, it's tempting to go back to
his method.
-- David Cuny
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