pbp and linux

[Normnet]

I spoke to soon.
It's Mac I could port to with an upgrade to Delphi XE3.
Linux is on the Delphi timeline however.

Norm

[Chirpy]

I thought about getting together with a friend and trying to completely redesign an IDE using java, then you can use it cross platform, but the guy that writes java, he's going through exams atm. Ill keep everyone in the loop to see where it goes. also, Im pretty sure that if I had a little time with the source code, I could probably get it working with the normal delphi compilers in linux, but all up to you norm.

for now, I was just using gEdit bc Ive gotten used to programming in it with python and php. also, Ive seen a ton of posts from the last few years asking about IDE support in linux, but never got any real answers except mackrackit's .bat files, and figured I'd offer an alternative so people arent so pushed away from trying to program pbp stuff in linux.

[mister_e]

At least Mono & QT are cross plateform but far far away of Delphi. There's already some cross plateform IDE base like Netbeans (your beloved MPLAB X ), Eclipse to name only but those. They're slow, and far far away of being bug free

[Chirpy]

if my friend isnt up to helping with the java based ide, I may just write python/pyqt4 interface, I know alot about programming interfaces using that. I use those two to write interfaces for controlling my PIC projects and interfacing with the computer/network all the time. after this weekend, Ill know on my friend, but Im not really holding my breath on it.

Ill see what can be done to start on the python/pyqt4 ide first and see how hard it would be to write everything out.

[Normnet]

if my friend isnt up to helping with the java based ide, I may just write python/pyqt4 interface, I know alot about programming interfaces using that. I use those two to write interfaces for controlling my PIC projects and interfacing with the computer/network all the time. after this weekend, Ill know on my friend, but Im not really holding my breath on it.

Ill see what can be done to start on the python/pyqt4 ide first and see how hard it would be to write everything out.

Developing a simple IDE isn't difficult it's adding all the features that is huge.
Sort of like comparing notebook to Microsoft Word.

FineLineIDE is currently 79,194 lines of code including normal blank lines.


Norm

[Chirpy]

I know, but just take it one day at a time and line by line of code and it'll get done sooner than later

[Chirpy]

well, Ive honestly gotten used to using gedit as the default editor, so I might as well try to design a plugin that allows you to select the chip without having to recode the external tool's mods, that's the only thing that Ive found that is kinda lacking imo, but with a little research, itll get built in eventually seeing that alot of the gedit plugins were written in python, so might as well finish the whole setup there. also, like Ive said many times before, any input on what you guys think is more than welcome