Haha! CTRL+H opens Search/Replace in Notepad++, Word, and VS.code.
Microsoft standards - well, yes! There was a time, back in the days when Caesar Bill was Emperor, that MS did have some maybe not perfect, but pretty ubiquitous, standards.
TLDR: long rant about Microsoft standards and WIMP
<rant>Certainly in the area of GUI application design, back when all things were WIMP and they enforced and encouraged things like all dropdown menus had to conform to the standard of having an equivalent keyboard shortcut (so you could navigate without a mouse, attempting to be backwards-compatible with the old pre-mouse DOS systems, and accommodate people who could touch type and were speed demons with the keyboard). This of course all started to go out the Window when the iPhone appeared and Microsoft started trying to compete with Apple with Metro and the flat design and the ribbon toolbar, and getting rid of the File menu, and hiding the toolbar by default (or altogether eliminating it) in apps. The barbarians had invaded and the empire was falling!
I for one, appreciated the standard toolbar menus, and skeuomorphic buttons & controls - you pretty much automatically know where to find a given function in any application because they all used the same menus, and there was no guesswork in identifying form fields because they were obvious! Call me an old-timer but for me that beats the "creative" and "artful" approach of the post-iPhone world where a form field could be ANYTHING because the purpose of flat design is to make your app nice and purdy, so everything is seamlessly formatted. And so we had to get used tto clicking everywhere because something MIGHT be a form field, and we're completely reliant on the mouse because a function might not have a keyboard equivalent.
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(I only named Nano as a vanilla example of a GUI text editor I had used, I am by no means a Linux user - part-time dabbler, at best.)
Those editors you mention might be good, but unless they can talk to QB64PE.EXE to seamlessly syntax check & format my code in realtime, they don't do anything that Notepad++ or vs.code can't already do.
Thanks again guys!
Microsoft standards - well, yes! There was a time, back in the days when Caesar Bill was Emperor, that MS did have some maybe not perfect, but pretty ubiquitous, standards.
TLDR: long rant about Microsoft standards and WIMP
<rant>Certainly in the area of GUI application design, back when all things were WIMP and they enforced and encouraged things like all dropdown menus had to conform to the standard of having an equivalent keyboard shortcut (so you could navigate without a mouse, attempting to be backwards-compatible with the old pre-mouse DOS systems, and accommodate people who could touch type and were speed demons with the keyboard). This of course all started to go out the Window when the iPhone appeared and Microsoft started trying to compete with Apple with Metro and the flat design and the ribbon toolbar, and getting rid of the File menu, and hiding the toolbar by default (or altogether eliminating it) in apps. The barbarians had invaded and the empire was falling!
I for one, appreciated the standard toolbar menus, and skeuomorphic buttons & controls - you pretty much automatically know where to find a given function in any application because they all used the same menus, and there was no guesswork in identifying form fields because they were obvious! Call me an old-timer but for me that beats the "creative" and "artful" approach of the post-iPhone world where a form field could be ANYTHING because the purpose of flat design is to make your app nice and purdy, so everything is seamlessly formatted. And so we had to get used tto clicking everywhere because something MIGHT be a form field, and we're completely reliant on the mouse because a function might not have a keyboard equivalent.
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(04-30-2025, 01:19 AM)hsiangch_ong Wrote: you could just use qb64pe executable with -y option on a temporary copy of your source code. then use notepad++ or vscodium or whatever else you want. it could teach you to keep backups and versions of your code. like git fame.Thanks for the suggestions, I'm looking for ways to _simplify_ my use of QB64PE - I already use temporary copies and keep back ups and versions of my code. I save often, and increment the filename, e.g., MyProgram1.BAS, MyProgram2.BAS, etc., which works fine for backup AND versioning. That's why it's a pain to go between Notepad++ and the QB64PE window - the filename changes pretty much everytime I get to a point to increment the "version". I do NOT want to rely on git or some source control application, that stuff only complicates things for me. I find it much easier to just increment the filename{version#}.bas, and when enough accumulate, just move the old ones into an /archive/ folder & ZIP them up everynow & then (or delete if not needed).
(04-30-2025, 01:19 AM)hsiangch_ong Wrote: otherwise you are being a bit unappreciative. try using the editor written by eoredson. that also comes with "sick64." it's quite good but might not be to your tastes neither. also on linux, nano isn't going to grab the imagination. much less vim. the qb64pe editor is way better than those other ones.Not unappreciative - honest! This is the first time in 5 years of using QB64/PE I've really spoken up about the annoyances of the editor. How can they, or anyone, improve their program / product / etc. if no one speaks up and voices their frustrations?
(I only named Nano as a vanilla example of a GUI text editor I had used, I am by no means a Linux user - part-time dabbler, at best.)
Those editors you mention might be good, but unless they can talk to QB64PE.EXE to seamlessly syntax check & format my code in realtime, they don't do anything that Notepad++ or vs.code can't already do.
Thanks again guys!