On 8/30/05, Florian Klaempfl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tony Pelton wrote:
> >
> > Using FP makes me suicidal.
>
> Strange, almost the whole compiler is developed using fp :)
>
hi florian,
first, thanks for the response and all of the great work on free pascal.
as to my comment about being "suicidal" ... actually, i was trying to be funny.
truthfully, i actually _do_ like the FP IDE, and was mostly happy
using it because it is simple and lightweight, and I had been using it
for a few months.
I went in search of a better solution because there are some usability
issues that were getting in the way of my productivity and were making
my wrists hurt.
a) it would be nice if the IDE had support for a wider range of
"sizes", rather than just "80x[25|50]"
b) more useable file dialogs ( opening files is cumbersome )
c) "find identifier" support like in lazarus
d) better code completion
e) better mouse support (for cursor positioning mostly)
f) better tab/spaces/indent support
g) i _think_ there are some bugs with using different .ini files for
storing different IDE configurations.
it has been a few months since i tried this last, but i think the
command line switch for loading .ini files doesn't work, and the IDE
doesn't remember the "last used" ini configuration ?
... and probably my #1 complaint ....
h) use windows conventions for cut/copy/paste ctrl-key combos !
anyhow ... fwiw
i've actually been doing a *little* poking around in the FP source ...
and might get brave at some point and try to improve some stuff.
cheers,
Tony
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