Hello Tim and Tim

A very simple start could be a few lines of code which parse a
C-Program (or JavaScript program) and put all the functions into
methods. For each function a method.
And a 'weight pragma in the method in order to maintain the sort order later.

Then I can manipulate the methods containing the code strings in a
SystemBrowser and later on regenerate the C or JavaScript program.

Then with increased refactoring something more complex could be developed.

This makes sense when developing Smalltalk code which needs some
external C-functions as well.

It might as well be useful to have a generator for Makefiles. Some of
them are difficult to maintain.

Best wishes
Hannes

On 3/19/18, Tm Jhnsn <digit at sonic.net> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I would love to see this for C and/or Python.  I too think it would
> be possible and cool.
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> Maybe a new SHTextStyler subclass or two could come into play.  And
> Subprocess, down the line.
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> Erm, just had a flashback to what I know of the Smalltalk history of
> the Eclipse IDE.  ;)
>
> Best,
> Tim
>
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> On Mar 19, 2018, at 10:42 AM, tim Rowledge wrote:
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>> So thinking about things related to Subbu's questions it suddenly
>> came to me that we might be able to make a much nicer C editor than
>> most seem to be.
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>> Caution - I use TextWrangler on my iMac when I have to mess with C.
>> This may well bias my opinion.
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>> Seems to me that most so called IDEs that let you handle C code are
>> pretty pathetic. You load a file and scroll up and down it. If
>> you're lucky it scans the file and makes sort of bookmark of
>> function locations etc. You might get a half decent comparison tool
>> to compare different versions.
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>> Now, we have a useful but in need of improvement tool for reading
>> source code files without actually loading them in the
>> FileContentsBrowser. A variant of that could read C source, split
>> it up, parse the bits and bobs and maybe provide a decent
>> structured view of the code.
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>> Yes, I remember ObjectWorks C++ and the debacle of C++ programmers
>> not wanting anything more advanced than vi.
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>> There's also a possible value for this in the Python world where
>> they at least pretend to have a clue about objects.
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>> tim
>> --
>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>> Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know
>> what you are talking about.
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