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From: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT gmx DOT net>
To: djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: RHIDE review
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:18:51 -0100
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>1. Button OK after successful executing program.
>   When I run my programs in an IDE, and they are exits normally with
>   exit code == 0, IDE tells me about that. It is getting on nerves.
>   IMHO, message box with error code, needs only when programs
>   terminated with exit code != 0.
>   Also, you can add option that will fix it.


Probably I will add an option, where you can toggle
that behaviour on/off.

>2. Removing temporary directory after IDE exit.


This is a know bug and is already fixed for coming
versions.

>5. Problems with Windows clipboard.


Since this is related to the editor, and SET said,
that he fixed it, I think this will be fixed in coming
versions.

>6. Save search line in project. (or, to desktop file)

This was somhow lost in the last version and I fixed
it now.

>7. Sometimes IDE won't recompile my files.
>   I launch RHIDE, open my project (with 10 files in project list),
>   then I switched to other application, then I modified these files


RHIDE is designed to be used normally as the only program
to modify the files it needs for the project. For the reasons of
spead I cache many information about the files. But if you change
them outside RHIDE without exiting RHIDE, RHIDE does not know
about the changes. There is an option in RHIDE to turn this caching
off, but this will probably slow down the make process. Try it out.

>8. Saving project without asking for name of project.
>   I have a couple projects in one directory, and I launched RHIDE with
>   one project, after adding files to that project I decide to save that
>   project, and for that I selected menu item 'Options/Save options',
>   and RHIDE asked me for name of my project, 'what the heck ?',


Normally you don't need to save any options when using
a project, since all your options are saved in the project
or desktop file automatically. The menu "Options/Save options"
is there only, to be used when not using a project so the user
can save all customizations and later loading them. And since
also the options saved in the same format as a normal project,
RHIDE asks to give the name of a project file.

>9. Show size of data, and size of code.
>   I liked that thing in IDE BC 3.1
>   In project window I can see size of code, and size of data for each
>   files in project.
>   IMHO, it will looks nice in RHIDE.


This might be possible to implement, but there are many
problems. The old BC 3.1 used only one object format where
it knows, what the code and what the data is. RHIDE runs at
first on DJGPP where the COFF object-file format is used
and it runs also on Linux where ELF is used. For now I can't
see any easy way to get the information from the object file.
(BTW: Even on DJGPP the COFF files might have more sections
than .text .data and .bss like it is the case for my own system, where
I have also a .const and a .rodata section)

>Will you fix all these bugs ??


If possible.

Robert
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