DIDE pre-release (bug) (page 2)

Charles Sanders wrote: > Ok great, I have added those configuration options under the Global Settings > menu and uploaded the new file. Also did you get that email I sent about > the bug ? Thanks for using my suggestions. This is an outstanding program. I think I'm more critical of programs when they get so polished. I hope I can get it to compile code. That would come in handy. I think if your program will run on my system, it'll run anywhere. Window ME isn't know for its stability, and I have a habit of pushing my computer to its limits. If you're still looking for a more permanent home for uploading your files, free website hosting can be obtained at www.tripod.com, www.geocities.com, and others. Sometimes the ads get annoying, but you can't beat the price. Tripod: 20 MB storage, 1 GB monthly bandwidth, supports FTP access Geocities: 15 MB storage, 3 GB bandwidth, no FTP access If you just want a link to the file, there no rule that the website has to be fancy (at least I don't think there's a rule). This html should be sufficient: <html> <head><title>DIDE</title></head> <body><h1>DIDE</h1><a href="setup.zip">Download DIDE</a></body> </html> Justin

Walter wrote: > "Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:bfa8je$lgi$1@digitaldaemon.com... > >>Sweet maybe we can organize a group and set it up. I'll add plans to add >>the upgrade of the compiler and dig. If i could convice Walter and Burton >>to have a simple text file on their servers containing the current version >>it would make it alot easier :). > > > Not sure just what you need? I think he wants to find out what the current version is by downloading a file. In that case, he could probably make use of http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html. All that has to be done is to look for the first line that looks something like this: <a name="new068"><h3>What's New for D 0.68</h3></a> where 068 and 0.68 indicate the current version number. This way his program would only offer to upgrade a user's version of DMD when a new version is actually available. For dig, http://www.opend.org/dig/downloads.html may be used in a similar fashion to determine the current dig version. Of course, if Walter or Burton decide to reformat their pages then all bets are off on this idea working. The most reliable method would be if the authors could have some tiny file maybe called version.txt and contains some simple information such as... title=Digital Mars D version=0.68 url=ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.zip My guess is this is what Charles is suggesting. I think that having a standard method available for auto-updating key D files would be a great benefit to the users. Justin

July 19, 2003

Re: Auto-updating (was DIDE pre-release)

Posted by Charles Sanders
in reply to J C Calvarese

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Charles Sanders

Posted in reply to J C Calvarese

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> The most reliable method would be if the authors
> could have some tiny file maybe called version.txt and contains some
> simple information such as...
>
> title=Digital Mars D
> version=0.68
> url=ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.zip

Yea that would be perfect.

Also I hate to push the subject but would you mind If I bundle the compiler with DIDE ?  I only ask because I'm having some reports of bugs on ME ( from JC ), and I'd like to see if bundling will solve them.

Charles

P.S.

I'll check go get a free site at one of those url's, but I really suck at html so don't expect much!

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7@cox.net> wrote in message news:bfanaf$1a2r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Walter wrote:
>
> > "Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting@comcast.net> wrote in message news:bfa8je$lgi$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> >>Sweet maybe we can organize a group and set it up.  I'll add plans to
add
> >>the upgrade of the compiler and dig.  If i could convice Walter and
Burton
> >>to have a simple text file on their servers containing the current
version
> >>it would make it alot easier :).
> >
> >
> > Not sure just what you need?
>
> I think he wants to find out what the current version is by downloading a file.  In that case, he could probably make use of http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html.  All that has to be done is to look for the first line that looks something like this:
>
> <a name="new068"><h3>What's New for D 0.68</h3></a>
>
> where 068 and 0.68 indicate the current version number.  This way his program would only offer to upgrade a user's version of DMD when a new version is actually available.
>
> For dig, http://www.opend.org/dig/downloads.html may be used in a similar fashion to determine the current dig version.  Of course, if Walter or Burton decide to reformat their pages then all bets are off on this idea working.  The most reliable method would be if the authors could have some tiny file maybe called version.txt and contains some simple information such as...
>
> title=Digital Mars D
> version=0.68
> url=ftp://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.zip
>
> My guess is this is what Charles is suggesting.  I think that having a standard method available for auto-updating key D files would be a great benefit to the users.
>
> Justin
>

"Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting@comcast.net> escribió en el mensaje news:bf9l98$2smu$1@digitaldaemon.com... | ... | I'd also really like to bundle the compiler and dig with the IDE, I noticed | something about not bundling or re-distrubuting, but I think if users had to | download just one setup program then users would be much more likely to | start using it. I wouldn't be charging for it or modifying anything, just | bundling it for easier use. If you like I can show you a package of what I | had in mind and you can decide ? | ... I don't know about that. It might be a good idea. What I for one would really like is a debugger. I know I can use WinDbg (and I do), but dmd doesn't generate enough information to watch variables and such, and we all know how much that would be useful. But at least there's an option under Windows. Now, if we could only debug under Linux... [off topic] Talking about Linux, I was reading really old posts and I found one in the c++.chat newsgroup where someone (Burton, I believe) said something about having dmc for Linux. Now that dmd is available for Linux, would it be possible to also have dmc? ————————————————————————— Carlos Santander --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 2003-07-18

I think DIDE is a very good job and to bundle it with the dmd&dig is also a good ideea. I think that people behind the software will agree. By the way, does anybody know anything about Pavel Minayev's WinD library. I simply loved the ideea. However, I think that the GUI toolkit should be standard, so I am for dig. A debugger should also be a good ideea, though it's a little difficult, I think. In article <bfc3p9$57r$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Carlos Santander B. says... > >"Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting@comcast.net> escribió en el mensaje >news:bf9l98$2smu$1@digitaldaemon.com... >| ... >| I'd also really like to bundle the compiler and dig with the IDE, I >noticed >| something about not bundling or re-distrubuting, but I think if users had >to >| download just one setup program then users would be much more likely to >| start using it. I wouldn't be charging for it or modifying anything, just >| bundling it for easier use. If you like I can show you a package of what >I >| had in mind and you can decide ? >| ... > >I don't know about that. It might be a good idea. What I for one would >really like is a debugger. I know I can use WinDbg (and I do), but dmd >doesn't generate enough information to watch variables and such, and we all >know how much that would be useful. >But at least there's an option under Windows. Now, if we could only debug >under Linux... > >[off topic] >Talking about Linux, I was reading really old posts and I found one in the >c++.chat newsgroup where someone (Burton, I believe) said something about >having dmc for Linux. Now that dmd is available for Linux, would it be >possible to also have dmc? > >————————————————————————— Carlos Santander > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 2003-07-18 > >

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