suggestions for easier file spooling

[Marcos Cruz]

Hi all,

To make it easier to develop long programs for xAce with an
external modern editor, I think the following new features would
be helpful:

1) A speed control (for spooling the sources as fast as
possible, not at the typing speed of the original machine).

2) A check that interrupts the file spooling when a word is not
found in the dictionary. I remembered I tried this some time ago
in my own patched version, checking some Ace's system variables,
but it didn't worked fine.

3) File spooling from a command line option, easier than writing
down the file name with the limited line editor provided in the
menu. For example: xace -s myprogram.fs .

What do you think? Are they feasible?

I'm sorry I'm not acquainted with C, but I think I could
investigate a bit more.

Marcos

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[Lawrence Woodman]

On 28/09/12 17:19, Marcos Cruz wrote:

To make it easier to develop long programs for xAce with an
external modern editor, I think the following new features would
be helpful:

1) A speed control (for spooling the sources as fast as
possible, not at the typing speed of the original machine).

2) A check that interrupts the file spooling when a word is not
found in the dictionary. I remembered I tried this some time ago
in my own patched version, checking some Ace's system variables,
but it didn't worked fine.

3) File spooling from a command line option, easier than writing
down the file name with the limited line editor provided in the
menu. For example: xace -s myprogram.fs .

What do you think? Are they feasible?

Thanks for the suggestions.  I have just implemented the third one with the following commit:
https://github.com/LawrenceWoodman/xAce/commit/31f75d8522ce4fa57d7ab47e4493e8cced806d55

The first shouldn't be a problem and I will look into it.  The second however would take quite a lot more
work,  which I just don't have the time to do.  That said, if you can find anything useful on that, I'm happy
to add it to the wiki for a later date.


Lorry

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[Marcos Cruz]

En/Je/On 2012-09-30 08:07, Lawrence Woodman escribi� / skribis / wrote :

> I have just implemented the
> third one with the following commit:

> [1]https://github.com/LawrenceWoodman/xAce/commit/31f75d8522ce4fa57d7ab47e4493e8cced806d55

Thank you, it works great. Now it's easier and faster: the file
spooling can be launched from shell programs or even the editor!

> The first shouldn't be a problem and I will look into it.

Fine. I always wondered why the speed is the original one and
cannot be changed. A command line option, beside a menu option,
could allow to set a percentage.

> The second however would take quite a lot more

I'll take a look at my old tries.

Marcos

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