Sender:	brendan AT rdt DOT monash DOT edu DOT au
Message-ID:	<313CB995.149@rdt.monash.edu.au>
Date:	Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:00:53 +1100
From:	Brendan Simon <brendan AT rdt DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Organization:	Dept Digital Systems, Monash University, Australia
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	RHIDE bugs

RHIDE looks like a very good IDE for djgpp; especially for new-comers
and for Borland veterans.  I know it is the first release and as such
has a few bugs to iron out.  Here are my findings.

The editor has a problem with up and down cursor keys.  It seems to not
want to move up or down if there is a blank line above or below the
line with the cursor on it.

The documentation says there is a defines menu option.  I can't find it
anywhere.  I ended up putting -Dxxx arguments in the compiler options.

It doesn't seem to like the semicolon seperated paths for the
includes, libraries etc.  Does RHIDE require Turbo Make or GNU make ???

Adding libraries to the linker stage is a bit cumbersome.  Labels 0 thru
F can be toggled on or off, but there is no indication of how to add
the library names and where.  I tried everything and eventually found
that by using the tab key you can insert the library files in the area
opposite the 0 thru F toggle buttons.

I think there should also be DPMI (or CWSDPMI) options.  For instance,
I use the CWSDPR0.exe (ring 0 DPMI) for some applications.  It would
be nice if the IDE could put this in the stub (or CWSDPMI) via an 
options menu.  Infact all the CWSPARAM.EXE options and STUBEDIT options
should be configurable on a project basis.

Hope this helps.  I think the author of RHIDE has done a very good job
and RHIDE can only help to promote DJGPP.  My hat is off.

-- 
Brendan Simon
Dept of Digital Systems, Monash Uni, Melbourne, Australia.
brendan AT rdt DOT monash DOT edu DOT au
http://www.rdt.monash.edu.au/~brendan

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