[Implemented] my first two wishlist items for purebasic are

[pieter]

1. A REAL PROGRAMMERS PUREBASIC BOOK
In the style of "A Programmer's Introduction to C#" by Eric Gunnerson.
I am a programmer by profession and really do not have the patience to carry around printouts and mess around with the damn things at the train station.

2. A PUREBASIC SOURCE CODE EDITOR THAT DOES NOT SHIFT KEYWORD CASE
Damn, it is like a fly buzzing on my shoulder. At least give me a chance to switch it off. Or, please, at least tell me how to if I am ignorant.
Yes, I do own configurable editors that highlight BASIC but do not care for PureBasic - but that is not the point. On top of that, I like the native spirit of bundled PB editors.

[Karbon]

1. A REAL PROGRAMMERS PUREBASIC BOOK
In the style of "A Programmer's Introduction to C#" by Eric Gunnerson.
I am a programmer by profession and really do not have the patience to carry around printouts and mess around with the damn things at the train station.

Feel free to start a book like that

2. A PUREBASIC SOURCE CODE EDITOR THAT DOES NOT SHIFT KEYWORD CASE
Damn, it is like a fly buzzing on my shoulder. At least give me a chance to switch it off. Or, please, at least tell me how to if I am ignorant.
Yes, I do own configurable editors that highlight BASIC but do not care for PureBasic - but that is not the point. On top of that, I like the native spirit of bundled PB editors.

notepad.exe

[pieter]

>> Feel free to start a book like that
I was clearly expecting this.

What would your contribution be?

>> notepad.exe
I only see notepad on the workstations of my fellow workers . This is already remedied in most cases due to persistence.

[thefool]

2. A PUREBASIC SOURCE CODE EDITOR THAT DOES NOT SHIFT KEYWORD CASE
Damn, it is like a fly buzzing on my shoulder. At least give me a chance to switch it off. Or, please, at least tell me how to if I am ignorant.
Yes, I do own configurable editors that highlight BASIC but do not care for PureBasic - but that is not the point. On top of that, I like the native spirit of bundled PB editors.

Get the source of the pb-editor (buy pb first), and remove that feature.
(I belive you can get the source somewhere if you bought pb..)

But i like that function very much !

[PB]

> A REAL PROGRAMMERS PUREBASIC BOOK

PureBasic is constantly evolving and changing, and thus a book would be
changed too quickly to remain valid. An example are the Memory commands
which recently changed from v3.81 to v3.90 in a major way. C has been
around for many, many years and it's little wonder that books can be
written for it without fear of becoming obsolete.

> A PUREBASIC SOURCE CODE EDITOR THAT DOES NOT SHIFT KEYWORD CASE

Turn off "Coloring" in the Preferences of the editor, and no commands will be
colored or auto-syntaxed for you.

[pieter]

thanks persons

i appreciate your replies

purebasic has been around for a while too, being a moving target at this stage of its life will be seen as a deliberate choice by its creators or as a sign of being lost

i believe it has great potential

a book will make it credible with beginners and potentially the fickle enterprise (my domain)

a book will give a backbone and deserved rewards to its creators

thanks for the editor hints; i have to rebuild sources all the time so this option has not escaped me [:-]

the terrible backlash of a book will be responsibility in all senses

i am not sure if this is a wanted side effect by the purebasic community (including, of course, its authors)