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Re: [Dev-C++] Tabs vs. spaces in the editor -- by design or a bug? (4.9.9.1)

[Ray K. <kul...@wr...>]

I've noticed similar behavior.  If I type the following (text in angle
brackets are keypresses; everything else is a literal string)...

int test() {<enter>
if (test2())<enter>
<tab>return 1;<enter>
<backspace>else<enter>
<tab>return 0;<enter>
}

...I get this output:

int test() {
	if (test2())
	    return 1;
  else
     return 0;
}

This is with four-space tabs, "use tab character" on, and "smart tabs" off.
It autoindents after the first time I hit enter, inserting a tab. Then I  
type
a line and manually enter another tab and some text, but that tab gets
converted to four spaces.  When I hit enter again, it remains indented to  
the
level of "return 1;", so I hit backspace. At this point, it puts me on a  
new
line with no tabs and ONE space.  I type else, hit enter, and indent  
another
level with the tab key. This time it inserts only three spaces, bringing it
up to four total. (since it kept the extra space from the previous line.)

If I insert braces to go with the if/else statements, the autoindenting  
works
perfectly, and no spaces are inserted where there should be tabs. The odd
behavior only shows up when the braces are left out.

"Len Philpot" <le...@ph...> wrote:
> Maybe I'm just missing it here :-), but this doesn't seem to work 
> properly, IMO.
>
> For example, on the Editor Options dialog, I have "Use Tab Character" 
> enabled, as well as "Show hidden line characters" so I can see what's 
> happening (my Tab Size is 4, BTW)...
>
> 1. In the editor, if I go to a blank line and simply hit Tab a fewtimes,  
> the caret jumps out past EOL into virtual space until I hit an 
> alphanumeric key, when it fills the space with tabs. If I delete that 
> character, all the leading tabs disappear as well.
>
> 2. If I go to the end of an existing line and do the same, thevirtual  
> space is filled with spaces, no matter the Use Tab Charactersetting. If  
> I delete that character, the leading spaces remain.

Re: [Dev-C++] Printing

[Daniel K. O. <dan...@ya...>]

Terry Orgill wrote:

> It is my understanding that FLTK 1.2 will eventually support print 
> formatting. It’s the eventually part that worries me. Maybe there is a 
> better way to go. I have given WxWindows a look as well. I did some 
> prototyping with MySQL and FLTK in Cygwin, but I would prefer to use 
> Dev-cpp.
>

The "L" in FLTK stands for "light", it's a "light" GUI library. Printing 
is something specific, and most GUI libraries don't support it. Use 
wxWidgets if you don't want to learn a separated library just for printing.


Daniel K. O.

[Dev-C++] Tabs vs. spaces in the editor -- by design or a bug? (4.9.9.1)

[Len P. <le...@ph...>]

Maybe I'm just missing it here :-), but this doesn't seem to work 
properly, IMO.

For example, on the Editor Options dialog, I have "Use Tab Character" 
enabled, as well as "Show hidden line characters" so I can see what's 
happening (my Tab Size is 4, BTW)...

1. In the editor, if I go to a blank line and simply hit Tab a few 
times, the caret jumps out past EOL into virtual space until I hit an 
alphanumeric key, when it fills the space with tabs. If I delete that 
character, all the leading tabs disappear as well.

2. If I go to the end of an existing line and do the same, the 
virtual space is filled with spaces, no matter the Use Tab Character 
setting. If I delete that character, the leading spaces remain.

3. Also, Auto Indent doesn't quite do what it says. According to the 
tooltip help over AutoIndent on the Editor Options dialog, "caret 
will position to first non-whitespace of preceeding line".
So, I type:
<tab><tab>case WHATEVER:<enter>
               ^
and the caret jumps to the column of the 'c' in "case" PLUS my tab 
width (4 characters) and a space, lining up under the 'W' in 
WHATEVER. Shouldn't it line up with 'c'? It's the first non-ws 
character (tabs are whitespace, right?). Anyway, I backspace and hit 
Tab twice to line up with 'c', type '{' and hit Enter. It goes down 
one line and over one /more/ tab stop and a space, still in virtual 
space. I hit backspace, Tab twice to line up again and '}' and it 
jumps back /left/ one tab stop...! Turning Smart Tabs on eliminates 
part of this effort, but introduces another non-desirable behavior 
(IMO): one Tab key press inserting multiple <tab> characters.

It seems to me that :

1. If an existing line's first non-whitespace character is at col. 12 
(3 tabs) and I hit Enter, Auto Indent should automatically insert 
three tabs on the next line for me. Turning Smart Tabs on seems to do 
this, but it still indents where it shouldn't (#3). This appears to 
be a bug - For example, if I deliberately lengthen "case" :

<tab><tab>casexxxxx WHATEVER:
                    ^
the caret still lines up with 'W'. It's picking up the first non-
whitespace character /after/ the first space, apparently.

2. Same here - If I've configured the editor to use tabs, it should 
use tabs and not spaces. At any rate, I should never end up in 
virtual space after EOL.

3. With Smart Tabs turned on, it works right under a non-ws line, but 
it will continue to indent under tabs (where it shouldn't, IMO), for 
example :
<tab><tab>#define WHATEVER<enter>
<tab><tab><enter> (no tab key hit here, just enter)
<tab><tab><enter> (tabs are added by the editor)
<tab><tab><enter>

Why does Auto Indent deal with non-whitespace, while Smart Tab deals 
with non-space characters?

Regardless, the extra indention persists, probably the most 
aggravating bit of behavior among all this. Any way to turn it off 
without affecting anything else? I'm having to hit backspace all the 
time, since the extra indention also includes a spurious space 
character.

Basically, I guess I'm just looking for Auto Align, technically. I 
usually type both the opening and closing braces before filling them 
end, instead of typing straight through and this behavior pattern 
makes editing more of a chore than I'd like.

Thanks!

-- 
 Len Philpot                          ><> 
 le...@ph...       http://philpot.org/

Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[Justin F. <jus...@gm...>]

Maybe the best way now for you is to read some basic programming books
or some about IDE. And try to write your "hello world" then review
books for answer


Thanks
Z.J.

[Dev-C++] Printing

[Terry O. <te...@st...>]

Ok.  Let me be a little more specific.  I have been programming in c in
a unix and linux environment for years.  I know how to format and print
output in that environment, whether it be to the print spooler or
directly through a serial port or whatever.  Windows is a different
critter.  If I want to submit output to the windows print spooler, how
do I do that?  If there are multiple printers available to the windows
workstation, how do I allow the user to select which printer?  Are there
tools to format the output; fonts, pitches, scalable graphics?  I have a
complete suite of text based accounting applications, written in c that
I intend to port to a windows environment and I need to know if Dev-cpp,
MySQL and FLTK will get me where I need to go.  It is my understanding
that FLTK 1.2 will eventually support print formatting.  It=92s the
eventually part that worries me.  Maybe there is a better way to go.  I
have given WxWindows a look as well.  I did some prototyping with MySQL
and FLTK in Cygwin, but I would prefer to use Dev-cpp.=20

Re: [Dev-C++] Printing

[spiro h. <spi...@gm...>]

>> From windows, Unix, printing a listing?   
> Sending program output to a printer.  Such as an invoice or ap check. 


http://www.google.com/search?q=learn+how+to+program+in+C


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RE: [Dev-C++] Printing

[Terry O. <te...@st...>]

Sending program output to a printer.  Such as an invoice or ap check.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: darren [mailto:dar...@nt...] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:47 PM
To: Terry Orgill; dev...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Printing
 
From windows, Unix, printing a listing?  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Terry Orgill <mailto:te...@st...>  
To: dev...@li... 
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:03 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] Printing
 
How do you print from dev-cpp programs?  Is there a tutorial or devpak
or something that would be helpful?

Re: [Dev-C++] Printing

[darren <dar...@nt...>]

From windows, Unix, printing a listing? =20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Terry Orgill=20
  To: dev...@li...=20
  Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 8:03 PM
  Subject: [Dev-C++] Printing


  How do you print from dev-cpp programs?  Is there a tutorial or devpak =
or something that would be helpful?

[Dev-C++] updating problem.

[darren <dar...@nt...>]

hi. I use dev c++ on windows 98. When i go for an update It downloads =
the packages fine but refuses to update. It clames it can't move the =
files from the windows\temp dir. I get the impresion it can't update =
because the files because they are currently been used by dev c++ if i =
close dev c++ the updater closes too. is there anyway to run the updater =
independently?
I can't seem to find a way.

Thank you

Darren.

[Dev-C++] Help Setting Up DevCpp to Use Irrlicht Game Engine

[Karen M. <mil...@ea...>]

Hello All,

I am new to the list and a new DevCpp user. I am trying to compile a sample 
program that is used with the Irrlicht game engine. I set up the compiler 
per the instructions on the online tutorial, but I get compiler and linker 
errors. On the compiler errors I get:

Line     Unit                                           Message
32       c:\irrlic~1.7\include\irrlicht.h      from 
c:/irrlicht-0.7/irrdemo2/hellouniverse.cpp:1:
217     c:\irrlic~1.7\include\aabbox3d.h   unknown escape sequence '\I'
217     c:\irrlic~1.7\include\aabbox3d.h   unknown escape sequence '\i'

On the linker I get:

g++: c:/irrlicht-0.7/hellouniverse.o: No such file or directory
g++: file path prefix 'C:\DEV-C_~1\Bin\' never used

I am using Dev-C++ version 4. I have set the PATH in the environment 
variables to C:\irrlicht-0.7\bin  I am using Windows XP home version.

If anyone can help a newbie out with this problem I would definitely 
appreciate it. The sourcecode for the project I'm trying to compile is at 
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut001b.html

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
Carl 

[Dev-C++] updating problem.

[darren <dar...@nt...>]

hi. I use dev c++ on windows 98. When i go for an update It downloads =
the packages fine but refuses to update. It clames it can't move the =
files from the windows\temp dir. I get the impresion it can't update =
because the files because they are currently been used by dev c++ if i =
close dev c++ the updater closes too. is there anyway to run the updater =
independently?
I can't seem to find a way.

Thank you

Darren.

[Dev-C++] Printing

[Terry O. <te...@st...>]

How do you print from dev-cpp programs?  Is there a tutorial or devpak
or something that would be helpful?

[Dev-C++] mysql

[Terry O. <te...@st...>]

I am still trying to get the mysql devpak 4.0.16 to work with mysql 4.1
on WinXP.  If anyone is successfully using this combination, please send
me a snippet of source or something so I can get rolling.  I have gotten
suggestions of how to change the mysqlclienttest but nothing is working.
The mysql_real_connect works with a result of 0, but after that, nothing
else works.

[Dev-C++] late or early function binding

[Rob L. <rob...@nt...>]

hey folks
this is an example taken from a book with regards virtual functions, how =
is it possible to determine if its early or late binding, is the only =
way to look at the assembly of the code?

heres the example:
//: C15:Early.cpp
// Early binding & virtual functions
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

class Pet {
public:
  virtual string speak() const { return ""; }
};

class Dog : public Pet {
public:
  string speak() const { return "Bark!"; }
};

int main() {
  Dog ralph;
  Pet* p1 =3D &ralph;
  Pet& p2 =3D ralph;
  Pet p3;
  // Late binding for both:
  cout << "p1->speak() =3D " << p1->speak() <<endl;
  cout << "p2.speak() =3D " << p2.speak() << endl;
  // Early binding (probably):
  cout << "p3.speak() =3D " << p3.speak() << endl;
} ///:~

Re: [Dev-C++] www.devpaks.org

[Michal M. <mi...@mo...>]

Guillermo Gutierrez wrote:
> Does anyone know how long devpaks.org has been down for?
> I tried to get to it from the webupdate utility in dev-cpp but 
> couldn't. I also tried to get to it via IE6 but it says that the page is 
> unavailable.

you can see statistics for the server here:
http://monitoring.pipni.cz/mainright.phtml?server=2


-- 
Regards,
     Michal

[Dev-C++] www.devpaks.org

[Guillermo G. <ggu...@ma...>]

Does anyone know how long devpaks.org has been down for?
I tried to get to it from the webupdate utility in dev-cpp but couldn't. =
I also tried to get to it via IE6 but it says that the page is =
unavailable.

Guillermo Gutierrez
Market Scan Information Systems
Software Q.A. Supervisor
(818) 575-2000 x2427
ggu...@ma...

[Dev-C++] [RELEASE] Dev-C++ 4.9.9.1

[Colin L. <ha...@bl...>]

Hello !

We are pleased to announce the release of Dev-C++ 4.9.9.1 !
You can download it from : http://bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html

This version also includes GCC 3.3.1 like in 4.9.9.0, but with latest Min=
gw=20
headers and libraries. You can also download an installation package with=
out=20
the Mingw distribution though.

This release contains many bug fixes, and improvements in the source code=
=20
editor.

Please let us know of problems and bugs at : http://bloodshed.net/bugs

Greetings !
Colin Laplace

Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[Eric <eri...@cl...>]

YOU GIVE US THE FEELING YOU ARE ON SPEED OR SOMETHING







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To: pa...@di... ; Dev-C++ List
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....


Hey.......OK........but what did the file contains.......and how should I open it..............tell
me........................


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for you that Yahoo supports HTML mail, now quit it and use plain-text
mails like everybody else on this list!

... grow up ...

Nothin' wrote:
> *BUT I NEED HELP...LIKE How to do Windows Programming, i.e. building
> Win32 Aplications in Dev-C++....?*
>
> *.... The Easy Way....coz... you got'ch'a do lot of programming and
> writting Code StuFf in Dev-C++ to make Win32 App... I am saying aLL this
> coz....I Love Dev-C++ and also Open Source Community... ... and I
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Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[Nothin' <gre...@ya...>]

Hey.......OK........but what did the file contains.......and how should I open it..............tell me........................
 
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"P.D. van Zelst" <pa...@di...> wrote:
My f'ing god... enough with the insanely annoying colors and fonts! Good 
for you that Yahoo supports HTML mail, now quit it and use plain-text 
mails like everybody else on this list!

... grow up ...

Nothin' wrote:
> *BUT I NEED HELP...LIKE How to do Windows Programming, i.e. building 
> Win32 Aplications in Dev-C++....?*
> 
> *.... The Easy Way....coz... you got'ch'a do lot of programming and 
> writting Code StuFf in Dev-C++ to make Win32 App... I am saying aLL this 
> coz....I Love Dev-C++ and also Open Source Community... ... and I 
> won't Leave it... ...that easiLy....... Do u underStanD.......*


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Re[2]: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[Malcolm N. <m.n...@wa...>]

Hello Nothin',

On 30 November 2004, 22:54:48, you wrote:

> BUT I NEED HELP...LIKE How to do Windows Programming, i.e.
> building Win32 Aplications in Dev-C++....?
> =A0
> .... The Easy Way....coz... you got'ch'a do lot of programming
> and writting Code StuFf=A0in Dev-C++ to make Win32 App... I am saying
> aLL this coz....I Love Dev-C++ and also Open Source Community... ...
> and I won't=A0Leave it... ...that easiLy....... Do u underStanD.......

Apart from irritating the life out of me with your sorry choice of
html message, it would be nice if you showed a little decorum.

Now on to your question, here http://www.foosyerdoos.fsnet.co.uk/ is a
site with source code which compiles in Dev-C++ (some other kind soul
pointed this out on another list) and gives a basic introduction to
windows programming.

There are several tutorials available on the net as a quick search on
http://www.google.com showed. You could look here
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=3D4987&=
lngWId=3D3 it is one of a series.

--=20
Best regards,
Malcolm                            mailto:m.n...@wa...

Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[P.D. v. Z. <pa...@di...>]

My f'ing god... enough with the insanely annoying colors and fonts! Good 
for you that Yahoo supports HTML mail, now quit it and use plain-text 
mails like everybody else on this list!

... grow up ...

Nothin' wrote:
> *BUT I NEED HELP...LIKE How to do Windows Programming, i.e. building 
> Win32 Aplications in Dev-C++....?*
>  
> *.... The Easy Way....coz... you got'ch'a do lot of programming and 
> writting Code StuFf in Dev-C++ to make Win32 App... I am saying aLL this 
> coz....I Love Dev-C++ and also Open Source Community... ... and I 
> won't Leave it... ...that easiLy....... Do u underStanD.......*

Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[Nothin' <gre...@ya...>]

BUT I NEED HELP...LIKE How to do Windows Programming, i.e. building Win32 Aplications in Dev-C++....? 
 
.... The Easy Way....coz... you got'ch'a do lot of programming and writting Code StuFf in Dev-C++ to make Win32 App... I am saying aLL this coz....I Love Dev-C++ and also Open Source Community... ... and I won't Leave it... ...that easiLy....... Do u underStanD.......


Eric <eri...@cl...> wrote: a very strange help question.
 
 
----- Original Message ----- From: Nothin' 
To: dev...@li... 
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:20 AM
Subject: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....



I am really NEW to Dev-C++ ...I want to know :-

    Where I can find an E-Book or a Book or even articles on how to work with Dev-C++.................? 
   Where I could find information about FUNCTIONS included in the Library files and how to use them..........?

Please.....Help me if anybody out there knows anything..................???

Gagan Plz...plz...plz...



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[Dev-C++] question about rules for include paths

[Bo F. <bo...@ma...>]

Hello all.

I wonder if ../../ is not allowed:

..\...\blabla\bla\bla.h

Could anyone direct me to documentation of what syntax is allowed in 
include paths?

I have solved my problem using the project settings to include the 
directory including the header file.

Thx.

[Dev-C++] Hey....Everyone...........where is Open Source World gone....

[Nothin' <gre...@ya...>]

Ya thanks for ..........reply people out there............At least there are 2 of them...
 
I gotch'a know the function's and their use shipped with Dev-C++  for WINDOWS
 
i.e. MinGW and cygWIN and Win32 API, etc... ... isn't there any book's available on the NET that could explain the how to use ....function's... available in a zillion libraries..................
 
i.e. don't the Open Source WorLd has anything... ... ... ... ... ... any Documentation available for how .....

		
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Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A newbie....Pl..z....

[darren <dar...@nt...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Olsson" <li...@mi...>
To: "Nothin'" <gre...@ya...>; <dev...@li...>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Help....Me out there............................A
newbie....Pl..z....


>
> There are a zillion C compatible libraries out there on the net,
name them. :)