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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : MM Edit update 3.3.1
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TassyJim Guru  Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
I have uploaded a new version of MMedit to my website. Bugfixes: Saving preferences improved. MM Chat window had a few problems remembering which mode it was it. Code formatting works better on multi-statement lines New: Updated the SciLexer.dll to ver 3.3.0.0 Code formatting now works on lines with numbers. Removing formatting now works on lines with numbers. Option to Scroll text in VTmode implemented - This is VERY slow. Exiting the FIND dialog now leaves the last found text selected. Syntax help updated with new commands. Help file now lists the keyboard shortcuts - there are over 70 of them. Thanks to those who have suggested improvements and found bugs (and told me about them). Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member  Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Jim, Thanks for the fix to the Find command. It doesn't always start with Ctrl+F but the menu bar icon always works. Is this something you have noticed? Under Win7 on my laptop I have found that I need to "install as administrator" to successfully install it. Is this to be expected? Cheers, Hugh |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
I was having problems with some of the keyboard shortcuts randomly activating. The only way I could stop that happening was to make the guilty ones rather sluggish. Not good but better than random activity. The other shortcuts affected are the file operations Ctrl+G (goto) and Alt+O (Format) Running as administrator to install is fairly typical. It depends on your particular settings and I am not willing to play with security settings. AS long as it runs as a normal user once installed, I am happy. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Jim, I notice that you highlight LINE$ in blue. LINE is certainly a reserved word but I don't think LINE$ is. Certainly it can be used as a variable. I have only just started using MMEdit and find it fantastic. Congratulations. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Hugh |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
That is true for all reserved words. The system used for detecting 'words' does not handle '$' very well so I had to go with all or none. The opening bracket '(' is treated the same way. Keyword highlighting is all done by Scintilla and I have limited control over it. If you select a word by double clicking it, the word without any trailing $ or ( is highlighted. If you highlight the word with the $, Help correctly differentiates between the two. That is an area which I do have control over. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1326 |
Yes, I agree - it certainly speeds things up and useful all 'round - and that's quite a list of shortcuts you've put in Jim - I reckon I'll remember about ten of them! No doubt another timesaver for those who use more than two fingers on the keyboard though 
There's something happening on my system currently that's a bit odd and started, I think, back one or two releases ago. When I list the files in the chat window and then click on the scroll bar it often does an unintentional "select" of several of the files. After I clear the "select" (by just the usual click in the chat window) and then I try to make it happen again it doesn't seem to do it. It might be a speed related thing because my notepad is an eight year old XP system. Greg |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
I must admit that most of the keyboard shortcuts were there from the start, thanks to Scintilla. The same shortcuts often work in MS Word and any other text editor. I only discovered how many myself when I decided to put the list into the help file. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Jim, Would it be possible for the Find and Replace functions to retain the last values used so that they are there when you invoke it again? This would save having to re-enter them. Cheers, Hugh |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
Can do Hugh. It will remember window location, the two options and the last phrase searched for. The last phrase will not be remembered between sessions. If you highlight a phrase before starting the search, the highlighted phrase will be the one used rather than the last used. Any more? Busy for a while now so I am not sure when it will be done. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1326 |
Jim, here's a quick one - no rush 
How about adding a CLS for the Maximite screen to the command icons. I know it's simple to type it into the box and transmit but it's an extra step and has to be typed when usually at that point I've got the mouse in my hand and have just clicked the editor's screen clear. I know the "New" icon sends a CLS and clears MM memory but often I don't want a memory clear. Hint: guess you might need a tiny MM and ED in the resulting two "clear" icons to distinguish them - ahem! Very Best Regards and ducking fast, Greg |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5904 |
No, BUT - I have decided to provide a number (probably 10) user defined 'macro' buttons. Since the implied run and commandline arguments were introduced to MM Basic, this has become a very useful addition. I still have to decide if they will be one-line or multiline and if control codes are passed on. It will not be a full macro language - Tera Term does that well. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1326 |
Sounds interesting - I'm going to have to start writing longer programs! |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Well, now you mention it, yes please! Having found something, it would be nice if you didn't have to close the Find dialogue to make a change in the source text. Just click in the text to transfer the focus there, make a change, then click again on the Find Next. Cheers, Hugh |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Jim, I had a major problem with MMEdit v3.3.1. I have been working on 2 interrelated programs (call them A and B). Having edited prog B, when I pressed the MMEdit "Save file" icon it saved it over prog A. Fortunately I had a recent backup of A and was able to recover quite easily. My environment is Win7, MMEdit v 3.3.1, DOS MMBasic 4.3a. Basic source is stored on the computer's hard drive. I am not sure of the exact sequence of events, but it went something like this. - Click MMEdit desktop icon - opens B as that was the last edited. - Start editing B - Drag A from Win Explorer onto MMEdit desktop icon. - opens A in 2nd copy of MMEdit - Scroll A to check some detail - Continue editing B - Close A by clicking the window's close icon (top right of window) - Finish editing B - Save B by clicking MMEdit save file icon, leaving B open in MMEdit Even though MMEdit shows B's filename in the top bar of the screen, it uses A's filename to save B, overwriting A on the cumputer's HDD. Hugh |
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