Re: [ww-tedit-dev] An X version of WW. When? (and Tetris)

[ww-tedit-dev-admin]

> ----- Original Message -----
> Adding tags support would be very nice. However I don't think that
> dynamically maintaining them is necessary, at least initially. Right now I
> use compiler generated browse info and I have no trouble with it being
> updated only at compile time. If you support tags, I will add "ctags" to my
> make files and be happy. Actually, the more I think about this, the more I
> like the idea. I think it should be a priority, right after X support!

I feel the same way! My initial plan (before learning about ctags) was 
for me to program the symbol detection in the editor. Now looking at the 
"tags" file I see it happening soon as I will use an of-the-shelf tool. 
I can even do function hints as you open the bracket to type the 
parameters. It is easily doable within the editor infrastructure we have 
now. A agree that for the "tags" file, it is perfectly reasonable to be 
regenared upon project rebuild, it will work fine.

> There should be a way to specify the palette from the INI file.

I can easily add this option in the INI file and later add it to the 
Options menu. We need to look at this in details.

> The reason I am thinking about it is better fonts and colors. Also mouse
> support would be nice, as would native menus and dialog boxes. Using
> separate fonts for syntax highlighting is also desirable.
>
> I think that X and Win32 GUI support should go hand in hand.

Look, mouse support needs some fundamental changes in the editor. You 
understand that it is not simply a matter of adding this to the user 
interface libraries. Otherwise, I agree that the improvements you 
suggest make sense. And using cursive font to highlight the comments 
will be really great.

> This sucks. Why didn't you use yahoo groups anyway?

I have just fixed that. There are tons of options, I needed some time to 
tune everything up according to our taste. I think Mailman is a good 
solution for mailing lists.

By the way I'm slightly dissapointed from yahoogroups. I receive the 
mails with 2-3 or 4 days delay. I wrote to usa.net and they replied that 
this is a known problem with yahoo.

-petar