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- From: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
- Subject: Re: Top Ten Things I'd Like to See in Think Pasal
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.110356.14261@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Sender: news@rhrk.uni-kl.de
- Reply-To: kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
- Organization: University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)
- References: <a69376dd@fairgate.uucp>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:03:56 GMT
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- In article <a69376dd@fairgate.uucp>, paul@fairgate.uucp (Paul Robichaux)
- writes:
-
- |>(...) Herewith are my Top TenThere are some things I'd like to see in
- the product; perhaps
- |>Phil can pass them along to the right people :)
- |>
- |>0) Better TCL documentation.
-
- Well, I think the documentation became better in Think Pasacl 4.0. Look
- at the sorce code of TCL.
-
- |>1) External tool support, preferably via AppleEvents. Let me use
- |> BBEdit, AppMaker, or whatever-the-hell-else as additions to the
- |> TP environment.
-
- I think that is not so important, since Thinks Pascal's editor is good enough
-
- |>2) Multi-file grep. As someone else noted, it should have the same
- |> syntax as TC's grep.
-
- That really is an important point, some sort of grep should be provided
- (in standard grep syntax of course)
-
- |>3) A global optimizer.
-
- Is there so much to optimize? I don't know, but I am very satisfied with
- the compiler
-
- |>4) A window tiling menu that doesn't bring up a dialog box.. maybe
- |> a picture menu or something.
-
- I don't use this function very often, but I think the dialog box is acceptable.
-
- |>5) Make the project window respond to cmd-W.
-
- Can't be difficult!
-
- |>6) In general, give us more command key accelerators. As bad as
- |> MS Word is, at least it offers a plethora of function key support
- |> for the keyboard-abled.
-
- Why don't you take ResEdit and make them on your own? There are lots of
- letters left to make command keys of.
-
- |>7) Let me rearrange the contents of the Lightsbug window. I don't ever
- |> want to see the heap display, and I hate having to drag borders each
- |> time to restore my preferred layout.
-
- Right, especially owners of compact macs have difficulties when working
- with that large debugger window. There should be a possibilty to make it
- smaller.
-
- |>8) Let me "Add File" at a specific point in the project. I guess what
- |> I'm really asking for is an insertion point in the project window.
-
- Hmmm. How often do you add a file to your project? Since this function
- isn't used very often, I don't think your suggestion is a "must".
-
- |>9) Better TCL documentation.
- |>
- |>So, Phil, how about it? (and thanks for making Think Back friendly to
- |>TP.. makes me wonder how I got along without it!)
-
- I hope Think Back will be built in next time? It is so short and so useful!
-
- BTW, what is THINK Windows for?
-
- Thank you all for Think Pascal, it beats everything I know (and I know
- lots of programming environments)!
-
- |\/|ichael |<emper +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- University of Kaiserslautern + Must I say this? +
- Germany + This is my own personal opinion... +
- kemper@rhrk.uni-kl.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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