btw, this isn't what I meant by column selection (rectangular cut n paste) :(
Regards, Paul Johnson Applewood House www.applewoodhouse.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Question - Using Visual Studio?? > At 12:32 PM 7/31/2003, Paul Johnson wrote: > >I'm a fan of CW personally, and it has a lot very neat features that make > >DevStudio look like a dinosaur. *But*, the editor gets a "D-" imo, mainly > >due to its lack of pc-ness. It doesn't have Brief emulation, the syntax > >colouring and keyboard configuration isn't exhaustive enough and no docking > >source windows is inexcuseable. A fair attempt has been made at the latter > >using MDI but then I can't spread all my non source windows onto my second > >monitor. Nor can I keep a fixed size pane of source on my primary if it > >isn't docked. (Look at GetWindowLong()) Fix these issues (mainly the editor > >stuff) and I'd even consider CW over DevStudio for PC work. At the moment > >its soooo obviously still a Mac port. > > Thanks for the comments... I agree that docking source windows would be > really great addition, and I know this is on out interface roadmap. I'd > also like to see docking work outside of the MDI context, but it's > implemented in a way that depends on the parent window being there right now. > > In a way you can do docked source windows in MDI mode with IDE 5 (CW for > Palm OS V9). Just right click on the window title, make the source window > a floating window, then dock it to the side of the IDE's MDI > window. Repeat as often as needed and position them on top of each other > so that they occupy the same space and have tabs to pick them apart. I've > done this to have a number of header files easily available while editing > my main file in MDI maximized mode. > > Please file a bug report on the size retention problem -- this may have > already been fixed for the IDE we're including in 9.2, but it would be good > to have it logged here. > > -- > Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead > Palm OS programming help @ www.palmoswerks.com > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
