TH>Well, you can customize the colors on the IDE to anything you
TH>want. I like a black background, and I use different colors for
TH>reserved words, constants, etc. It's nice, but I wish the keys
TH>could be reassigned, and I wish it supported macros. (the IDE)
RK>Macros? What would you use macros for? Most of the menu deals are
RK>just pull down and use. A key re-assignment would be nice though =)
Indeed. And that is one of the simplest uses for macros. Edit macros
(not compile macros) are short programs that automate some of the
work for you.
RK>Already read the whole (116pages) "Introduction to C++" It helps a
RK>lot, although it doesn't tell you how to do some of the things that I'd
RK>like to know ... like how do you open a serial port for keyboard
RK>communications ... then get the port settings from a .cfg file, cuz my
RK>modem is on com3 irq11 03e8 - that's because of win95 ...grrrrrr....
RK>Later!
An inexpensive text ($20) that I have read one chapter comes highly
reccomended by collegues of mine. "C++ From The Ground Up." I can't
remember the author. It is clear, concise, really well written. I
don't know if it will address your above issues, but you can learn a
lot from it. I borrowed it to read up on 'overloading operators.'
Don't ignore the Borland 'users guide.' It is a very readable text.
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