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Re: [jEdit-Syntax-devel] jedit syntax questions

[Tom B. <bra...@db...>]

"Brian W. Young" wrote:
> I've already gotten a bit of user feedback... most of it good but with a
> couple of issues.  One issue is that when you select multiple lines in
> the area by dragging the mouse, and the area has a fair number of lines
> (say 100 or so), the area is extremely sensitive and scrolls up or down
> very fast while selecting.

> Second issue is that when the text area again has 100 lines or more and
> and the area is the right size, usually a smaller size, (in my case it
> is embedded in the top of a JSplitPane so the size is always variable)
> using the cursor keys to go back of position and then forward one
> position causes the text in the area to jump up and down vertically by
> about the amount of one line of text or so.
> 
> I've looked at the code docs for the electricScroll property and really
> have no idea what it does or if it can resolve either of these issues.
	
Hi Brian,

Sorry for taking so long to get back.  We just finished a release of
dbXML 1.0 beta 1, so I've been trying to stay on top of all the activity
in that area.  I think both of these issues are related to electric
scroll.  It's a feature that's great for large surface area code
editing, but when you get below 10 lines, it starts looking strange,
even though it's doing exactly what it should be.  If you set it to 0,
you should cure the problem.

Hope that helps,
Tom

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[jEdit-Syntax-devel] jedit syntax questions

[Brian W. Y. <by...@de...>]

Hi, first let me say I think it is great that Tom has taken over the 
syntax package.  I recently discovered it and found it fit great into 
our product along side beanshell which we've been using for years.

I've already gotten a bit of user feedback... most of it good but with a 
couple of issues.  One issue is that when you select multiple lines in 
the area by dragging the mouse, and the area has a fair number of lines 
(say 100 or so), the area is extremely sensitive and scrolls up or down 
very fast while selecting.

Second issue is that when the text area again has 100 lines or more and 
and the area is the right size, usually a smaller size, (in my case it 
is embedded in the top of a JSplitPane so the size is always variable) 
using the cursor keys to go back of position and then forward one 
position causes the text in the area to jump up and down vertically by 
about the amount of one line of text or so.

I've looked at the code docs for the electricScroll property and really 
have no idea what it does or if it can resolve either of these issues.

Thanks for any input!

[jEdit-Syntax-devel] jEdit Syntax Package moving forward

[Tom B. <to...@je...>]

Hi all,

I'd like to just quickly post some of my ideas for the jEdit syntax
package moving forward.

First, I should introduce myself.  I'm the chief architect and lead
developer for the dbXML Group, which is the sponsoring company behind
the dbXML Project.  dbXML is an Apache licensed native XML database
written in Java.  Beyond architecting and writing the core database,
I've also done quite a bit of GUI development.  Some of that includes
the GUI for dbXML Professional (CommercialWare), a product that includes
the jEdit Syntax package.

My overall goal is to guide the development of the syntax package in the
direction of being a very customizable standalone JavaBean.  Where jEdit
has a definite look and feel to it, a JavaBean needs to be flexible
enough to accommodate the needs of the developers that use it, and
should be able to easily adopt the look and feel of the application that
it's being embedded into.

At the same time, I want to keep the underlying behavior and
functionality of both jEdit and the syntax package as common as
possible, unless it is absolutely necessary to deviate from this.  This
will be possible partly through the generous donation of code from the
jEdit developers.

In order to accomplish the level of customization and flexibility that
developers will need in the jEdit Syntax package, I'll need both
feedback to drive the feature set, and help to develop the
functionality.  So if you'd like to contribute either code or feedback,
I'd very much like to hear from you.

Thanks,
Tom