IDE Wish

[John Kovacich]

I just ran into the problem which exists when you edit a resource file
from the PB IDE. I capitalizes some keywords (like include) which cause
problems for the rc compiler.

Using the IDE seems perfectly natural, especially since it's options
include specs required for compiling a resource. The current work-around
is to turn off keyword capitalization.

PB is able to compile files with any type suffix, though certain types
probably are used to determine which compiler to use. So lets free up the
suffixes and take advantage of them when we need them.

I suggest:

1. Stop forcing .BAS on the end of my file names, especially if I already
have a type extension on the file name.

2. Change our preference options, such as capitalization, to be maintained
seperately for each file type. Then we can set capitalization on for .BAS,
but off for .rc.


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Thanks,

John Kovacich

[Lance Edmonds]

Improvements to the IDE (such as these) are already on the wish list.

Thanks!



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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
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[Tom Hanlin]

FWIW, problem (1) is due to a bug in many versions of the Windows API
GetSaveFileName, where the "default extension" is simply appended to
whatever filespec is given, even if the file already has an extension.
Dunno, maybe Microsoft is calling that a "feature" these days. The
problem can be worked around by using a null default extension and
adding your own code to apply a default extension as appropriate.


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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Knuth Konrad]

Originally posted by Tom Hanlin:
FWIW, problem (1) is due to a bug in many versions of the Windows API
GetSaveFileName, where the "default extension" is simply appended to
whatever filespec is given, even if the file already has an extension.

Well, I guess the main problem is the design. As it is perfectly legal to use a file name like "this.is.my.file.txt" (even "this.is.my.file.txt.txt" is allowed), how can someone/the GetSaveDialog tell if the default extension should be appended or if it's already there? It would have been better if dots were not allowed within file names.

Knuth

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