Does anyone still use JMC? If so, would you be interested in an updated version that has a couple of minor changes and possible new 'features' ??
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The only feature I really miss in JMC is the direct link to Arctic, you should definitely add it. I wish it were added there long ago, before everyone who uses JMC downloaded it.
doesn't come with JMC (and as far as I can recall, never did). There isn't a "connect to" dialog box or menu item. I could add one easily enough, and I could sneakily put in arctic as the default (someone else already suggested this, but I'd like to be sure from the higher ups that there are no problems with doing this). Would it be worth it though?
An alternative would be to distribute it with a global hotkey (Ctrl+A) defaulting to "#connect mud.arctic.org 2700". What about that?
Oh, and I'll be posting the new version soon, I just have a few source files to clean up and some double checking of the code and then I'll have to write up a changelog and stuff, but after that I'll be posting both the new binary and the source code for anyone who wants to take a look.
P.S. The new version is MUCH faster than the old one, and (so far) appears to be faster than Wintin (although I admit I've only done tests of cat'ing large files, haven't tested fully with lots of subs and highlights and such).
For anyone interested, you can download the binaries (new .exe and .dll's) from here. (Apologies for relying on lame rapidshare, but I don't have available webspace atm).
The source code is also available. It can be found here.
Edit: I found a small but potential bug that I've since fixed... I strongly urge any of you who downloaded the binaries recently to redownload the new versions (the links on this page have been updated to point to the new files). Strongly Urge!!!! Can't stress that point strongly enough. Upgrade. Now. Do it.
Hate to put a features request up here but JMC doesn't really have a great place for it anyways. IMO it's a pain in the ass to have to open the commonlib manually all the time with another program (notepad). The scriptlet adder doesn't make much sense to me either. What I was thinking is, it would be much simpler and more managable if there were a VIM -like editor built into JMC. It would have things like syntax highlighting - for JMC syntax and for whichever activescripting language you're using. Mainly just something that could be used to view/edit your commonlib file on the fly and maybe have a bit of extra organisational functionality built in. Maybe even could show your subroutines in a tree structured view? Ideas ideas.
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For anyone using JMC and PERL though, I would suggest checking out the following:
I will probably get rid of the JMC scriplet thing all together, because I don't think anyone uses it, and it's pretty much pointless for debugging and editing scripts as it is. Changing it into a proper editor for the actual scriptfile is something I'll look into. As for the fancy-pants editor features... probably not. The sorts of thing that look snazzy (autocomplete, spacing, function folding, syntax highlighting) is alot harder to implement than one might think just looking at it. It'll be a basic, simple editor. I'll put them in the next release, but I don't know when that'll be, I'm kind of very busy right now...
As for a scripting tutorial, yes there are two that I can think of - one is somewhere on this forum (its not very good IIRC) and there's another one at sufs which goes into more detail about how and why. I'm sure you can find them without too much difficulty.
Kinch, the source code link is gone, is there anyways i can get a copy? Also the only major problem i have with JMC is the highlight bug where it'll only highlight one thing on a row.
Yeah I took it down. Based on feedback and discussion with other players, I don't think I'll be offering it to other players anymore.
As for the highlight bug, I guess there is a problem in that people (well... me anyways) want 'both' ways of highlighting - sometimes you want just the single word to be highlighted, and sometimes you want the whole line highlighted.
If you wish, you can email me at kinch577 (at) hotmail (dot) com and I'll email you the source code.
I loves the JMC. Would would
I loves the JMC. Would would be interested in new version too.
The only feature I really
The only feature I really miss in JMC is the direct link to Arctic, you should definitely add it. I wish it were added there long ago, before everyone who uses JMC downloaded it.
This particular feature
doesn't come with JMC (and as far as I can recall, never did). There isn't a "connect to" dialog box or menu item. I could add one easily enough, and I could sneakily put in arctic as the default (someone else already suggested this, but I'd like to be sure from the higher ups that there are no problems with doing this). Would it be worth it though?
An alternative would be to distribute it with a global hotkey (Ctrl+A) defaulting to "#connect mud.arctic.org 2700". What about that?
Oh, and I'll be posting the new version soon, I just have a few source files to clean up and some double checking of the code and then I'll have to write up a changelog and stuff, but after that I'll be posting both the new binary and the source code for anyone who wants to take a look.
P.S. The new version is MUCH faster than the old one, and (so far) appears to be faster than Wintin (although I admit I've only done tests of cat'ing large files, haven't tested fully with lots of subs and highlights and such).
Providing a direct link to
Providing a direct link to arctic in any way (and making it apparent, if possible) would be great.
For anyone interested, you
For anyone interested, you can download the binaries (new .exe and .dll's) from here. (Apologies for relying on lame rapidshare, but I don't have available webspace atm).
The source code is also available. It can be found here.
Edit: I found a small but potential bug that I've since fixed... I strongly urge any of you who downloaded the binaries recently to redownload the new versions (the links on this page have been updated to point to the new files). Strongly Urge!!!! Can't stress that point strongly enough. Upgrade. Now. Do it.
New improvements coming soon (hopefully).
Hate to put a features
Hate to put a features request up here but JMC doesn't really have a great place for it anyways. IMO it's a pain in the ass to have to open the commonlib manually all the time with another program (notepad). The scriptlet adder doesn't make much sense to me either. What I was thinking is, it would be much simpler and more managable if there were a VIM -like editor built into JMC. It would have things like syntax highlighting - for JMC syntax and for whichever activescripting language you're using. Mainly just something that could be used to view/edit your commonlib file on the fly and maybe have a bit of extra organisational functionality built in. Maybe even could show your subroutines in a tree structured view? Ideas ideas.
**Edited:
For anyone using JMC and PERL though, I would suggest checking out the following:
gvim editor (PC): ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc (read this: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/pc/README )
perl-support.vim (Version 3.6.3)
download: http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=556
screenshot: http://lug.fh-swf.de/vim/vim-perl/screenshots-en.html
Is there a JMC scripting
Is there a JMC scripting tutorial around?
I will probably get rid of
I will probably get rid of the JMC scriplet thing all together, because I don't think anyone uses it, and it's pretty much pointless for debugging and editing scripts as it is. Changing it into a proper editor for the actual scriptfile is something I'll look into. As for the fancy-pants editor features... probably not. The sorts of thing that look snazzy (autocomplete, spacing, function folding, syntax highlighting) is alot harder to implement than one might think just looking at it. It'll be a basic, simple editor. I'll put them in the next release, but I don't know when that'll be, I'm kind of very busy right now...
As for a scripting tutorial, yes there are two that I can think of - one is somewhere on this forum (its not very good IIRC) and there's another one at sufs which goes into more detail about how and why. I'm sure you can find them without too much difficulty.
Kinch, the source code link
Kinch, the source code link is gone, is there anyways i can get a copy? Also the only major problem i have with JMC is the highlight bug where it'll only highlight one thing on a row.
Yeah I took it down. Based
Yeah I took it down. Based on feedback and discussion with other players, I don't think I'll be offering it to other players anymore.
As for the highlight bug, I guess there is a problem in that people (well... me anyways) want 'both' ways of highlighting - sometimes you want just the single word to be highlighted, and sometimes you want the whole line highlighted.
If you wish, you can email me at kinch577 (at) hotmail (dot) com and I'll email you the source code.