Here are some things I noticed while trying Dev-PHP 2.0.12 and a few feature requests :)
editor window:
* if left sidebar is "Files" then clicking opened file tabs (under Editor) moves the focus to left sidebar. That is unconvinient. When left sidebar is not "Files" (that is "Classes", "TextSnippets", etc), then there is no such problem.
internal browser:
* right now I see only 'Line' and 'Message' below internal preview. There could be additional column that sais wat type of message that is (eg: "WARNING", "NOTICE", "ERROR" or just the same string found at the beginning of the line)
documentation:
* it would be very convinient if it'd be possible to jump to PHP documentation just by clicking some funtion in php source file (of cource holding down Alt or some other key while clicking).
* phpDocumentor (www.phpdocumentor.org) integration. That is under 'Documentation' there would be two tabs: "PHP Documentation" and "Local files' documentation". Or phpDocumentor could be between Documentation and Browser tab. Now adding a way to automatically update this documentation using eg a menu entry and making it possible to jump from source file to phpDocumentor's generated pages it'd make devphp even more powerful tool.
browser:
* if it could support tabs, then there would be no need for using some other browser while working with devphp. I see that it might be done similar to Editor's tabs.
Options dialog:
options dialog:
* when pressing Test without entering port number it says "'' ist kein gltiger Integerwert". It might either tell it in english or set it to default 21
* SFTP support would be a great feature for those sites where security is in concern. Most of virtual hosting companies (at least here in Estonia) support secure FTP upload. Right now I have to use FileZilla or some alternative program to upload files.
Thanks for adding UTF8 support, it was hard to create multilingual webpages with Dev-PHP before. This was maybe the best improvement in the latest version.
I've used Dev-PHP for 2 years now (tested 3.0 alpha too) and I appreciate your great work. Keep it up :)
Toomas
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thanks for your large feedback.
editor window: to fix for next version! :-)
internal browser: may be a little bit later first i will implement the debugger...
documentation: good idea but .. see last item
browser: why you need tabs? browser feature is only for a fast preview without external server. i think this will increase the used memory :-(
Options dialog: to fix for next version! :-)
urs maeder
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documentation:
* it would be very convinient if it'd be possible to jump to PHP documentation just by clicking some funtion in php source file (of cource holding down Alt or some other key while clicking).
set the cursor to the word you search in the documentation then press F1 !!
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An additional request I would like to add to Toomas' list.
browser:
I have noticed in version 12 and 13 when you use the internal preview, the IDE saves the file even if it hasn't changed. This can cause some confusion if one uses the timestamp to indicate recently changed files.
documentation:
I'm not fully sure what happened, but the latest documentation file (dated 2005-06-09) doesn't load. Version mismatch with IDE v13?
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Such minor problems to such a great program! I finally came across dev-php not knowing what I was looking for. I wasn't sure if it would work for what I wanted, but after using it....Yes! That's what I wanted and didn't know it.
Another question I had was I am not sure which is the lastest version. I saw something about Dev-PHP 3.0 alpha 4. But when I downloaded it hoping to see what the future held, it looked "less" than 2.0. I am thinking maybe 3.0 is for PHP 3.0 and was the for-runner version of 2.0 which is for PHP 4.0 and 5.0? Could someone straighten me out on this version difference? I saw the link, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1220072&forum_id=392687, but still not sure what to conclude.
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browser: true - to fix in future version - please add to the bugslist - thanks
documentation: you should use not the extended help file. extended help file is available only in english. may be later dev-php will support also the extended chm-File
Dev-PHP2/3: Dev-PHP Editor is available in version 3 alpha 4. This version will be small and fast Editor for php.
Dev-PHP IDE is available in version 12. Dev-PHP IDE will have more features like ftp-client/svn/cvs support with tortoise, internal webserver and many more...
Dev-PHP Editor will be developed by Leonardo Garcia. There are no new version this time.
Dev-PHP IDE will be developed by Urs Mder. May be in some weeks comes the new version 2.13.
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Here are some things I noticed while trying Dev-PHP 2.0.12 and a few feature requests :)
editor window:
* if left sidebar is "Files" then clicking opened file tabs (under Editor) moves the focus to left sidebar. That is unconvinient. When left sidebar is not "Files" (that is "Classes", "TextSnippets", etc), then there is no such problem.
internal browser:
* right now I see only 'Line' and 'Message' below internal preview. There could be additional column that sais wat type of message that is (eg: "WARNING", "NOTICE", "ERROR" or just the same string found at the beginning of the line)
documentation:
* it would be very convinient if it'd be possible to jump to PHP documentation just by clicking some funtion in php source file (of cource holding down Alt or some other key while clicking).
* phpDocumentor (www.phpdocumentor.org) integration. That is under 'Documentation' there would be two tabs: "PHP Documentation" and "Local files' documentation". Or phpDocumentor could be between Documentation and Browser tab. Now adding a way to automatically update this documentation using eg a menu entry and making it possible to jump from source file to phpDocumentor's generated pages it'd make devphp even more powerful tool.
browser:
* if it could support tabs, then there would be no need for using some other browser while working with devphp. I see that it might be done similar to Editor's tabs.
Options dialog:
options dialog:
* when pressing Test without entering port number it says "'' ist kein gltiger Integerwert". It might either tell it in english or set it to default 21
* SFTP support would be a great feature for those sites where security is in concern. Most of virtual hosting companies (at least here in Estonia) support secure FTP upload. Right now I have to use FileZilla or some alternative program to upload files.
Thanks for adding UTF8 support, it was hard to create multilingual webpages with Dev-PHP before. This was maybe the best improvement in the latest version.
I've used Dev-PHP for 2 years now (tested 3.0 alpha too) and I appreciate your great work. Keep it up :)
Toomas
thanks for your large feedback.
editor window: to fix for next version! :-)
internal browser: may be a little bit later first i will implement the debugger...
documentation: good idea but .. see last item
browser: why you need tabs? browser feature is only for a fast preview without external server. i think this will increase the used memory :-(
Options dialog: to fix for next version! :-)
urs maeder
and...
SFTP: possible only with update to indy10 but some other used components works only with indy9 -:((
editor window:
fixed in subversion source!
Options dialog:
ftp-Port fixed error message when no number filled!
fixed in subervsion source!
documentation:
* it would be very convinient if it'd be possible to jump to PHP documentation just by clicking some funtion in php source file (of cource holding down Alt or some other key while clicking).
set the cursor to the word you search in the documentation then press F1 !!
BUG: when You put cursor at the end of some word - F1 does'nt work
UNBUG: when You put cursor at the beginning of some word - F1 does work (depending on the word)
:-)
Anyway, when double-clicking on a word - cursor goes at the end of the word - and F1 doesn't work
Everything considered, it could be a bug... however this is not the right place for bugs - please add to the buglist - thanks
:-D
An additional request I would like to add to Toomas' list.
browser:
I have noticed in version 12 and 13 when you use the internal preview, the IDE saves the file even if it hasn't changed. This can cause some confusion if one uses the timestamp to indicate recently changed files.
documentation:
I'm not fully sure what happened, but the latest documentation file (dated 2005-06-09) doesn't load. Version mismatch with IDE v13?
============
Such minor problems to such a great program! I finally came across dev-php not knowing what I was looking for. I wasn't sure if it would work for what I wanted, but after using it....Yes! That's what I wanted and didn't know it.
Another question I had was I am not sure which is the lastest version. I saw something about Dev-PHP 3.0 alpha 4. But when I downloaded it hoping to see what the future held, it looked "less" than 2.0. I am thinking maybe 3.0 is for PHP 3.0 and was the for-runner version of 2.0 which is for PHP 4.0 and 5.0? Could someone straighten me out on this version difference? I saw the link, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1220072&forum_id=392687, but still not sure what to conclude.
browser: true - to fix in future version - please add to the bugslist - thanks
documentation: you should use not the extended help file. extended help file is available only in english. may be later dev-php will support also the extended chm-File
Dev-PHP2/3: Dev-PHP Editor is available in version 3 alpha 4. This version will be small and fast Editor for php.
Dev-PHP IDE is available in version 12. Dev-PHP IDE will have more features like ftp-client/svn/cvs support with tortoise, internal webserver and many more...
Dev-PHP Editor will be developed by Leonardo Garcia. There are no new version this time.
Dev-PHP IDE will be developed by Urs Mder. May be in some weeks comes the new version 2.13.