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DWED first alpha (Announce)

posted by DosWorld, 13.11.2020, 03:58
(edited by DosWorld on 13.11.2020, 05:18)

> > Welcome any feedback from everybody!
>
> 1. It runs fine here. :ok:
:)

> typos
THANK YOU! (I am sorry)

> 3. Current color scheme doesn't look well on my screen. Please make colors
> adjustable. Save setting to EXE or config file.
Fixed, have a cfg file.

Also added command line parameters.
For example, in config file we can have parameter like

abc=4

this parameter can pass via command line:

dwed.exe /abc=4

or

dwed.exe -abc=4

Command-line parameters have highest priority then params from config file.


> 4. Running DWED on Windows XP
In fact, i am test only in dosbox. WinXp is not primary target, i'll test on real hardware with MS-DOS 6.22 (this is primary target, i think).

> sometimes leaves "p p p p p p p p p p p p p p
> p p" in the editing window after returning from help function. Pressing F1
> followed by ESC removes the Ps from the screen.
Hmm... Ok, need check

> 5. I don't like the highlighting of language keywords in comment blocks.
> See, e.g., file DWEDHNDL.PAS.
This is pain. To make highlight, in right way - need parse source code the same as compiler. Need build Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and update him follow to user input. But... It will consume >2 times memory. If i do it - i'll have no memory for file content. So, i am do very stupid and fast text analyze - just parse line by line screeen buffer and try search words in dictionary.

I have some expirience, 5 year ago. I have opened into text editor XML-file full work day - i am use it in work, time-to-time need search and read. Editor was near to die because he try do highlight. Xml-file size was just 4mb. Workstation - ubuntu with xeon cpu (1 or 2) and 16gb memory (dev pc). Texteditor - gedit or kwrite. We also test sublime in this way - the same eat 2gb memory and near to die.

So, i dont try think about AST for dos. I can say only one reason for my way - "this is better then nothing". :-(

> 6. DWED says "#5: File access denied", when I try to open a file with the
> read-only attribute set. You could fall back to a view-only mode by setting
> FileMode := 0; before calling Reset.
Thanks, i'll check it.

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