Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 22:20:38 EDT From: "Iota (Tom Wenisch)" <FRITZW AT URIACC DOT URI DOT EDU> Subject: Re: IDE for DJGPP? To: Brendan Simon <brendan AT rdt DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu On Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:09:48 +1100 (GMT+11:00) you said: >> There certaintly are plenty of decent programmer's editors out there, but >I >> think it would be a good move to release one in the DJGPP distribution for >> those who never owned Borland's products. Since the goal of Version 2 is to >> have DJGPP be totally boot-strapping, it should have its own editor. > >Yes I agree, but I think it is important that the user may choose his/her >preferable editor. New users probably don't wish to use/learn a VI or >emacs clone whereas unix users probably do. Well, just because we provide an editor doesn't mean we require it. I know plenty of Borland users who have skipped the IDE. Considering the level of integration between Borland's IDE and compiler, an IDE loosely connected to DJGPP would help >Also user customizeable context highlighting is also a priority of mine. I >think this comes down to a Easy AND Smart editor. My personal preference is >for a multi-window VI editor with some kind of C/C++ context highlighting >capability. > >I don't think the highlighting should be limited to C/C++ only. There should >be some kind of library/database for different languages. > I agree entirely. If you're gonna bother writing a decent editor, you want it to be configurable enough to work with ANYTHING, not just DJGPP. > >PS. I use VI because it is the default editor on most unix boxes and I hate >swapping between different editors between platforms. A good VI clone would >execpt the normal command keys but would also be graphics based, multiwindow >and MENU-DRIVEN (to make it easier for first timers). > >Brendan. > When DJGPP can write Win95 programs, it might be worthwhile to kome up with a Win95 editor (or at least some level of graphical equivalent). Perhaps we could clone some X-Windows editor (I wouldn't know, never used X). What else do people think. Project worthwhile, waste of time? Portability a big thing? Clone a different editor and then "DOS-ify" it for newbies? Use a graphical platform? -Iota (Tom Wenisch)