FBIde 0.3.1 -> 0.3.3

[KiZ]

awesome work man, this is getting better by the second!

I LOVE the error reporting! Makes life 10x easier.

a couple more things to report:

> Line numbers now not working.
> Syntax highlighting is on when the flag for it is off, and vice versa.

[barok]

you can still use line numbers. click on view > line numbers.

great job!

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it says it can't find c:\freebasic\std2.fbt yet i can't find such a file on sourceforge.

::EDIT2::

when i try to compile from my documents, it says error 24: file not found.
it also says documents\first.bas

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last edit. found the std2.fbt file. have it search for those files in the folder fbide is in.

[Dr_Davenstein]

Coolness. 8)

[SJ Zero]

This is the perfect companion to FB. Thanks.

[Jofers]

No, that's the point. Line numbers don't work in this version.

The colors are really aesthetically unappealing. Once again, you should NOT try and imitate QB, it looks ugly in a windows environment. A professional-looking white background, blue keywords, green comments, black text & numbers and red strings would look far better to most people. Runtime functions like "print" are not keywords(like "if" and "sub"), they're regular functions and should fit in. Even if they were keywords, parenthesis should not be part of the keyword. Bold text looks akward in fixed width fonts. I know you can change it, but you want a default theme with the most appeal to the average user.

On this note the margin would better thinner (~10-16 pixels), with a lighter bg color and with a pixel thin line separating it from the main next. It would be nice to have an option to turn it off as well.

I know you're still working on it, but the bottom margin is wasted space. A nice status bar, displaying line and column numbers would look better there, or have nothing there at all.

As far as features go, I wonder how feasable it is to parse bi files and use them for syntax checking...

So far, so good, man, it's looking better every time.

[barok]

jofers: eh? are we talking about the same version? 0.0.0.2174. Click on view, click on "show line numbers." However, line numbers IS buggy. Is this what you were talking about?

here's what i did.
1. check the line numbers.
2. check the syntax highlight.
3. the line numbers disappeared, yet the it remained checkmarked.

Here are some tips i found while spending 5 minutes playing with the compiler and reading the documentation. to enhance your experience.

1. Also, you obviously never checked out the ide much, as it QUITE possible to change the colours. First of all, you should of noticed that when you open the newest ide, it says it cannot find a std2.fbt in your freebasic folder. IF you check the folder where the ide is, you will notice that that std2.fbt IS in it, along with other similiar files. drag them to c:\freebasic\. You will now have a very nice white background with nice syntax highlighting.

2. It's inconvenient to have to have the compiler and the themes in different folders. So open FBIde.ini. you will notice "fbcpath" and "themefile" that point to certain directories. (most likely c:\freebasic\). get rid of the c:\freebasic\ on both so you won't get any errors. this way you can have the compiler in the same directory as the ide.

3. You can also create your own theme if none of them please you. open std2.fbt in notepad or whatever program you wish. You should notice that lots of variables are in there. Edit the colours to get different colours.

4. You'll notice that there are 4 fbt files that came with the IDE. if your tired of the current theme, first do number 2. This'll change the directory for the themes to FBIde's directory. next, change "std2.fbt" to one of the other themes in the folder. From the qb ide colours to notepad colours to funky matrix colours, There's a few themes included that will get you started.

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5. try compiling a program that has a bug in it. You'll immediately see that the bar to the left has a purpose: it harbours a helpful yellow arrow that points to the line that contains the error. For this, i think that the bar can stay.

[Jofers]

And obviously, Barok, you did not check out my post much either. Read more closely, and try again.

And here:

It's the first and only thing I clicked. No matter what I click, nothing in the form of line numbers show up.

[Nexinarus]

Ha tough job VonGodric, you have to please everyone . Your doing a good job though, id have no idea where to start. Are you making this in wxWidgets too btw? Or what? Interested, as you could port this, would be sweet.

[Jofers]

He doesn't have to please everybody, just me.

[KiZ]

And obviously, Barok, you did not check out my post much either. Read more closely, and try again.It's the first and only thing I clicked. No matter what I click, nothing in the form of line numbers show up.

Thanks for confirming that for me.

The colors are really aesthetically unappealing. Once again, you should NOT try and imitate QB, it looks ugly in a windows environment.

Actually, i quite like the qb theme, I am using it now. Remember, you can make your own themes, jofers, so no need to complain about the current ones



Barok: If you had spent 1 minute reading the documentation, you wouldnt have needed both whole posts up there. Next time, instead of complaining because the path is wrong or its inconvienent to have the themes in the compiler folder, try realising you are meant to change them before running the program :roll: