[ jEdit-devel ] New file dialog box -- general methodology thoughts

[Fabrizio, D. J. <Dan...@In...>]

Hi 

First of all, I would like to say that the new dialog sounds good
but maybe it could have come about in a more organized way.

I have been keeping up with this thread (new
file dialog box ) and I have to think that if this open source project
was more organized with a published ToDo list.  A list of 
new features and improvements, showing priorities of each item
that maybe code or program functionality would not be duplicated
between plugins and the jEdit core as it is now. 

Maybe the jEdit user community could get to vote for the items
in the ToDo list which would be used to set priorities of the work
to be done.

This brings up another point. Jext is another java editor which is 
very similar to jEdit and uses a lot of the same source code.  
Both are great editors but evolving down
different paths. I guess I don't understand why all this effort can't
be combined to produce more and better features in a more
timely fashion for one editor.

I work in an engineering dept. We work on large scale projects
which are very organized.  The work is prioritized,
scheduled, and assigned to various members of the dept. 
Design reviews allow progress to be monitored as well the
quality of the work. Maybe some derivative of this project
management can be applied to the jEdit open source project.

I hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings but I wanted to express
my opinion since I think jEdit has the possibility of being
the best editor available.


Thanks for listening,
Dan


 

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Jamie LaScolea [SMTP:ja...@ea...]
	Sent:	Wednesday, July 26, 2000 10:14 AM
	To:	jed...@li...
	Subject:	RE: [ jEdit-devel ] New file dialog box

	Slava wrote:
	>This new file dialog might make QuickFile and JEditCommander
obsolete.
	>I hope no-one will be too upset. I will try to use code from those
	>plugins whenever possible.

	will it be dockable/holdable? if not, i dont really see how
quickfile would
	be obsolete. one thing i would like to mention also is a "problem" i
have
	had with quickfile (in regards to you using quickfile code). i mount
our
	fileserver from my house, simply mapping a drive, and when i try to
open a
	directory in quickfile from that file server, it takes *forever* if
not
	basically freezing jEdit. but if i just browse that drive with the
file
	chooser, its fine and doesnt have any problems. i dont know if there
is any
	way for anyone to replicate this problem, but if the new file
chooser
	implements some of quickfiles code, this may also happen with it.

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