OpenEuphoria

Re: Al Getz Display Server

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gmx.de> Jul 30, 2003
• 452 views

Hi Al, you wrote:

> Juergen Luethje wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Al, you wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> This is a very simple but VERY handy program, but
>>> if any other problems come up, feel free to let me know
>>> about them.
>>
>> I like the idea in general, and I like your program. Nevertheless,
>> *for me* it has ATM no practical advantage over the console window.
>>
>> For my needs, the most important improvement would be, to make the text
>> inside the window scrollable, so that your server can show much more
>> lines than currently (say 500 -- but I think, Windows allows even more).
>>
>> Secondly, displaying the text in a non-proportional font (such as
>> "Courier New") is IMHO more versatile, than using a proportional font.
>> In a non-proportional font, also tables and ASCII art will be shown
>> correctly.

<snip>

>> An advanced option also could be, that the user can choose a font. 
>>
>> *If* your DisplayServer should act as replacement for the console
>> window,
>> IMHO it should show the output of an Eu program in a similar way,
>> especially
>> - don't start with a new line after each call
>> - interpret the "\n" as "newline" character.
>>
>> Also a button for clearing the window would be useful.
>> You see, there is always room for improvement. 
>>
>> Best regards,
>>    Juergen
>>
>
> Hello again Juergen,
>
> The practical advantage of something isnt always noticed
> at first.

I have no doubt about that.

> Sometimes you have to use it a few times to
> see the difference.

It's not only a matter of the times I use it, but also a matter of
how I use it.

> In particular, when you are debugging and you wish to see
> variables over and over as you are doing something else in
> your program, the console window gets slower sometimes
> causing a delay in returning to the exw program.  This is
> a real pain when trying to debug.  On the other hand,
> after printing to the server it returns control to the calling
> program very fast, so your program doesnt get interrupted.
> The is especially true when trying to print data returned to
> a Windows callback function.

I believe you, and I didn't say, that your progranm is useless or
something like that.

I wrote "*for me*", that has something to do with my personal needs.
You can believe me, *I* know my needs.

> To see the difference, try printing values passed to a window
> procedure with the console, then with the server.  The difference
> is quite noticable.  The server doesnt make the program skip a
> beat, while the console sometimes delays the calling program by
> a second or two.
>
> Also, there's no reason why this program cant be updated
> to allow changing fonts and format printing and stuff like
> that.  I already had ideas for multiple fonts and coloration.
>
> If this turns out to be something anyone would like to see
> in this just let me know.

I already wrote some suggestions for improvement, and "Mr Trick" wrote,
that he also would like to see a scrollbar.

Best regards,
   Juergen

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