From: Osuka Adartse <rocioestradacastaneda@...>
Date: 2005-09-27T13:52:55+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] RDE 1.0.0 released


I had the RDE 0.990 installed I didn't uninstall or nothing...
ran install of RDE 1.b2 installing in same old dir as RDE 0.990
without uninstalling beta 2, I installed 1.0 release and:

Kroeger Simon (ext) wrote:
>>Hi.
>>
>>I released RDE 1.0.0.
>>RDE is the development environment for ruby on windows.
>>You can edit, run and debug your scripts quickly and easily.
>>RDE debugger is the GUI wrapper of debug.rb.
>>RDE editor has functions that syntax coloring, autocomplete and etc.
>>
>>Please try it.
>>http://homepage2.nifty.com/sakazuki/rde_e.html
>>
>>Changes is below.
> 
> 
> Ok, here are the first thoughts of a first time user:
> (ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [i386-mswin32])
> 
> * the syntax highlighting is ugly (ok, that's very personal and of 
>   cause it can be changed, nice!)
> 
Matter of taste, I try to emulate the coloring(custom I like lite yellow 
background) in RDE in scite and crimson editor, not as good as RDE
> * it looks overloaded, which can also be changed, nice!
> 
> * the console window does not store it's editor settings.
> 
> * if I put my cursor on 'self' the 'e' and 'f' are highlighted, weird.
>   (also happens with various other combinations of adjacent letters)
> 
not happening here...
> * the highlighting of regexp work fine. nice!
> 
> * if a word starts with 's' it gets underlined?? why?
>   (even inside strings)
> 
no it doesn't in my setup... I tried but no underlining
> * I found at least 3 different dialogs that seem to define the
>   colouring of the main edit view (and nowhere found the underline)
> 
Tool->Editor Property->Fountain
> * if there is a unsaved file and I want to exit, the dialog box has
>   the following options: ??(Y), ???(N), ?????
> 
uh minor detail, Applied English_1000.xml and now is perfect
> * the toolbars behave strange, sometimes I can drag them sometimes not,
>   if they overlap sometimes there is a '>>' indicator sometimes not.
> 
> * the debuger fails on 
> 
> ...ruby/site_ruby/1.8/ubygems.rb:4:require 'rubygems'
> 
I never use debug but after trying i got:
Debug.rb
Emacs support available.
RDE Extention

C:/Dev/Rubies/CD_FIT_00.rb:1:require 'find'
(rdb:1) l 1-10

abnormal program termination
C:/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/debug2.rb:70: [BUG] Segmentation fault
ruby 1.8.2 (2005-01-21) [i386-mingw32]

Completed(3)
running ruby -rdebug works...
>   I haven't looked any further yet, rubygems should be there (gem 
>   install works)
> 
> * the ARGV dialog (and other) does not respond to the escape key.
> 
> * ah, I tried Menu->Ruby->EndOfDefun, now all 'end's are underlined,
>   still have no clue (but the words starting with 's' are normal now)
> 
Nothing gets underlined, it travels thru the code ctrl+alt+RIGHT looks 
like is by keywords... so is ctrl+RIGHT, looks quite useful
> * Some menu items have strange names (like the EndOfDefun above)
> 
> * There is a macro function, very nice! could you please add a 
>   default key mapping (at least) for KeyMacroPlay ?
> 

> * The RDE-Help (Ctrl-F1) does nothing. 
You have to bind to something file/url
> 
> Ok, dispite this list I think it looks very promissing, just a few
> edges left. We realy need a good ruby editor so your effort is very
> appreciated.
> 
You forgot the mouse gestures
> cheers
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
Actually my personal problem with RDE is whenever i forgot to add \n to 
printf statements and run it from RDE it becomes very slow...but the 
origin of it being me well...

Great update Sakazuki
Now about an explorer-like window...;-)
or a binding to terminate process (mostly for my problem above (no \n)