I think its probably a fair assumption that most of us RB developers are NOT writing apps for use by other developers. If it were otherwise, then maybe RS would have included just such a widget.
Who knows, if someone asks nicely, maybe RS will release the internal source they used for the RB code editor ;) It might serve as a very useful teaching tool to illustrate how to program for the canvas. On 3/4/07 17:58, "Charles Yeomans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Theodore H. Smith wrote: > >>> To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]> >>> Message-ID: >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >>> >>> >>> On Apr 03, 2007, at 5:47 AM, Theodore H. Smith wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Is RB's code editor, using a standard RB editfield? ;) >>> Don't think so >>> >>>> If not, what does that say about the usefulness of RB's editfield? >>> >>> It says that for the very special needs that the editor has it's not >>> the right tool >> >> Editing code is NOT a special need these days Norman. HTML is code. >> XML is code. Plain text is code... we need code editors for our daily >> lives these days... >> >> This isn't the 1980s anymore... >> >> RB's editfield handle huge amounts of text, and it's awkward to >> style. And styling huge amounts of text is impossible. >> >> I'm not impressed to be honest, that RB create a solution, that most >> of us need for non-competitive purposes (we aren't going to make >> another RB with the code editor editfield)... and then don't give it >> to us. > > > I don't know about "most of us", but I've worked on a wide variety of > REALbasic applications in the last year, and not once have I > encountered the need for an EditField that doubles as a code editor. > If I do, I'll just write one. > > Charles Yeomans > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > Regards, Dan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
