>> On Apr 03, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Theodore H. Smith wrote: >> >>>> Or support Brandon and his efforts with the FTC. >>> I'm not aware of what Brandon is up to. >> >> Check it out but it's not a "code" editor either > > All I'm asking for is easy and fast on demand syntax styling (on > demand means you only style what's on screen)... and... the ability > to edit long files, fast. That's all a code editor needs. The rest of > language specific stuff should be implemented by the developer using > the library.
OK, you don't a rant to follow on from your rant in response to my concise post. So how's this for conciseness. RB's editifield is severely lacking, on the Mac at least, so much so that it stops us being able to build professional solutions using the editfield. Whereas most of RB's other components do not lack. And the only way around this is to build your own editfield(!), from scratch, which is not easy considering it must be done with 3 platform APIs to be done properly. And not right, considering that RB is meant to be RAD, not SAD. The lackings specifically are: 1) Inability to fast handle large amounts of text. 2) Inability to style on demand only the text on screen, via events. (CodeWarrior, and Xcode only style text on screen! For speed.) And no, this isn't asking RB to do all the coding for me for my language specific code, or to give me an RB specific code editing field. Nothing in those two suggestions mentioned RB code, or XML, or HTML, or C++ or anything. This is evidenced by RS even not using their own editfield! And the amount of effort expended thus far to create unfortunately flawed editfield replacements. Also, you are being stubborn. The point is simple. RB's editfield is lacking in precisely the two points I mentioned. Accept the plain truth and move on. It's really not hard, you world won't end. Accepting this technical fact will not damage your physical health either. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
