On Dec 27 06:05, 1997, andrew clarke of 3:635/728.4{at}fidonet wrote:
G'day andrew,

>> If it would be easier (on the whole) to rewrite the code from scratch,
>> would this be a realistic approach?
ac> as many people have asked for that.  Obviously rewriting the Msged 
ac> code isn't going to make the documentation instantly appear.  ;-)
No, but it would appear better and faster. ;-)

Btw, i've lost interest for the same reason you have, but it seems like 
there is a demand, hence i've reinstalled the source now and playing with
it again.. Scared enough yet ? :)

ac> It would be better if a lot of the code was rewritten, especially the 
ac> user interface (input/output) and messagebase code.  That might sound 
ac> simple enough, but it's actually about 60% of the Msged code.  The 
Actually the internal spell checker i was writing is quite ok, but i have
the same problem, it would be easier to re-write wrap.c (at least) to
implement it. The code there is quite inefficient anyway, but mainly it
lacks a word highlight and proper cut & paste function, both of which
is quite important for the speller, not to mention a nice feature for the
user.   
The way the internal editor is written it seems like a mammoth task to just
"plug in" those codes..
I shall look into doing just that though, but i don't expect to have it 
ready for the next release.  ..Actually when is that ? ;-)

ac> existing code, but adding new features is increasingly becoming a bit 
ac> of a headache.
Amen.

>> The problem I would see in rewriting the code is that _some_ capable
>> programmer would have to spend quite a lot of time on doing this,
ac> Right.  And it will probably end up being me, too!  :-)
Well, if you decide to do that, and need help i can do some easy stuff. :-)
I reckon it would be a good idea, it would be a good advert for Vidmgr as
well. ;-) Surely you'd use it ? ("Surely" does not need to reply)

 Regards, Frank.   Email: fadam{at}sensation.net.au. 

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