jaPBe 3.13.4 [IDE for PB 4 and PB 5]

[gnozal]

I miss a feature that the editor for GFA Basic (RIP old friend) had; the ability to remember a location and return to it.

Hi Richard,

Do you know the existing 'store position' feature ?
SHIFT + F4 to store the position(s)
F4 to return to the position(s) [in reverse order]

So, using your example : ... press SHIFT + F4 to save a position in the code ... go do something else ... press F4 to go back.

Or am I missing something ?

[RichardL]

Hi,
OK... so I missed it. Sorry; it has been a long day!

However, I would rather have a facility that allowed multiple returns to the same place.

Example:
Work at line 1000. Save line and cursor position by 'SHIFT magic key'
Move to line 2000
Magic key back to 1000
Go somewhere else...
Magic key back to 1000
Go somewhere else...
Magic key back to 1000


I guess much of my code is written by repeated copy/paste and also I often want to come back to the same calculation to make adjustments.

My suggested method would suit me very well

RichardL

[Rico]

Did you try a relative path, like "\PB\" instead of "c:\PB\", or even "..\" as PB path (assuming your jaPBe directory is in the PB directory) ?

Yes Gnozal, I tried it with relative path, but totally wrong. Excuse me please for this unnecessary one asks. Now, it works wonderfully.

Rico

[ozzie]

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but there's a minor bug in the JaPBe split window menu logic.

If I split the editor window and then want to copy and paste from the lower window to the upper window, I select the text I want to copy from the lower window, but the 'Copy' (and 'Cut') menu items are not enabled unless I have something selected in the upper window.

The converse is also true: if I have something selected in the upper window then the 'Copy' and 'Cut' menu items are enabled even if focus is in the lower window and nothing is selected in that window.

Just a minor inconvenience.

Mike

[gnozal]

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but there's a minor bug in the JaPBe split window menu logic.

I agree.
I just can't make it work like it was supposed to. Probably some scintilla stuff I don't fully understand. Sorry.

[gnozal]

Update (build 716)

Changes :
- new menu item : 'Goto marker CTRL+F4'
Displays a list with the current memorized positions (using SHIFT+F4).
Select the position you would like to jump to with the mouse or the arrow keys and hit the 'Goto line' button or the 'Enter' key to jump.
Unlike the F4 function, the chosen position is not deleted from the stack after jump.
Note : if a marker points to the current carret position, it is not listed in the 'Goto marker' window (why would you want to jump to the current line ?)
- fixed debugger issue with relative pbcompiler path ('jaPBe portable')

[Rico]

Sorry gnozal,

on the first gaze, it seems to work fine. But only 'Compile/Run' and 'Create Executable' works fine. When i try 'Compile/Debug' i see an Error-Message that "xxx\Compilers\PBDebugger.exe" can not find.
I have try now different situations ... jaPBe directory is in the PB directory, jaPBe directory is on the same plain as the PB directory. always the PBDebugger.exe ist not find, but Compile/Run and Create Executable works fine???

[gnozal]

... When i try 'Compile/Debug' i see an Error-Message that "xxx\Compilers\PBDebugger.exe" can not find ...

Should be fixed in build 716 (I tried with '..\' as compiler path in Preferences).
Please download the latest release and report if it works (or not).
Thanks.

[Rico]

Thank you gnozal,

works fine, now. I tried jaPBe-directory in PB-directory, PB-directory in JaPBe-directory and PB-directory on the same plain as the jaPBe-directory.

Thanks

[Polo]

I can't read all that has been said before, therefore I hope nobody suggested that : could you delete the dock-icon ?
Next to the maximize/close/minimize icons on the topright ? The titlebar looks bad on Windows Vista with it, plus I'm not sure it can't be of any use

Cheers,
Polo

[gnozal]

I can't read all that has been said before, therefore I hope nobody suggested that : could you delete the dock-icon ?
Next to the maximize/close/minimize icons on the topright ? The titlebar looks bad on Windows Vista with it, plus I'm not sure it can't be of any use

I have updated jaPBe.
You can enable / disable the 'stay on top' icons in 'Preferences' -> 'Editor 2' -> 'Add stay on top icons (restart needed)'

[Polo]

Forgot to say thanks

Looks way much better now !

(still on the candy-style... is there someone who likes the custom toolbar ?
I find that really... weird, especially now I use Vista, it just doesn't look "right")

It's not a big issue, though if you have some time
Thanks for improving this program, still the best !!!

[gnozal]

Update

Changes :
- custom drawn toolbar can be disabled in Preferences -> Skin (it is replaced by a 'classic' toolbar)
- contextual autocompletion now also works for user defined structures, with some restrictions :
[1] It does not work within With/EndWith, but expects a syntax like this : MyStructuredVar\MyStructuredMember\_
[2] The structure must be defined in a resident or the current source [not in an include]
[3] The structured variable must be declared the current source [not in an include]
It works like constant context autocompletion [triggered by the '#' key] but with the '\' key.

[LCD]

Thanks for the update. JaPBE is my favourite PB-Editor. Just one problem: The latest build has some speed problems. The folding/unfolding is now very slow in comparsion to previous version, but the other Problem that some procedure names are recognised as arrays by syntax highlightner, has been repaired.

[gnozal]

Update

Changes :
- fixed slow folding/unfolding [I hope I didn't break anything else...]
- 'prototyped' functions now also have tooltips

Code: Select all

Prototype.l ProtoTest1(aaa.l, dddd.l) ; ProtoTest1 tooltip

zzz.ProtoTest1 = GetFunction(0, "1")

zzz(555, 1) ; <---- function zzz() has a tooltip