[Implemented] Wishlist for PB on Linux

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 6:30 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Eikeland.

Hi,

I have now played around with PB on Linux a few days and it seams to work just as "expected" so far.

It's just amazing to see a Basic code get compiled on Linux and realy works!
However while "playing"... soon a few "wishes" come up to my mind.

1. (Linux)
Could it be possible to enable a "Non GUI" option?
That would mean no X Win support and no SDL support. The reason is to be able to build small "Console" applications and powerfull Server Daemon's. I have not tried it yet since the doc say's console support only for windows.

2. Built in XML Parser (Linux & Windows)

3. Built in generic Database support for MySQL, etc. (Linux)

4. Editor and Gui Builder (Linux & Windows)

I'm not sure that any of this will fit in to your roadmap at all but so far this is what I se could improve PB for Linux.

Again thanks for a great dev tool.

Richard Eikeland

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:06 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Thanks for your comment. Database already works on Linux with ODBC (you need the linux ODBC libs). The GUI is only used if you actually use a GUI library. Else it's not a problem. You can do small console program already, but the commandset isn't very powerful. Other things will come on time

. About the editor, you can easily interface the PB compiler with KDevelop or something similar.

Fred - AlphaSND

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:40 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Eikeland.

Thanks Fred, that's great!

But Fred, It wouldn't hurt to update the Doc for what is supported in Linux and not, e.g. what console commands is supported?

I know how time consuming it is to keep doc and logs in sync.
Even that PB is a commercial product, Iâ€™m sure me and other "Active" users could sign up and maybe help you guys out with doc, whitepapers, etc. if needed anyway.

Richard

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:10 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by alizta.

the documentation again

if there would be a smart, easy way to work on the documentation i sure would contribute where i could. wouldn't it be great to have an "open source" kind of the docs?

---when all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail... ---

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 11:04 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

It's already like that. cvs.purebasic.com... Just send me a mail and I will add you to the CVS write access.

Fred - AlphaSND