MC IDE

[Robert Brenstein]

>After discussions off-list with Richard I've come to the conclusion that
>what a number of people really want is not MC but a stable base platform
>that offers the basic functionality. Public or private tools can then be
>added at will to improve workflow.
>
>If Revolution were modified so that only the basic functionality was
>implemented in the IDE and all other features were implemented as modules
>that could be turned off would that satisfy everyone? If so, perhaps we
>could develop a proposal for RunRev to implement such a design.
>
>The ability to develop custom modules that would fully integrate into the
>IDE would be fantastic as far as I'm concerned.
>
>Is this worth discussing or should I just shut up?
>
>Regards
>
>Monte

What you suggest would be only a half solution IMHO. 
Hiding/deactivating undesirable or not needed elements could 
unclutter the display. However, the large memory requirements will 
likely remain and so will the background activity to name a few 
things that affect some of my work. Plus this will complicate the Rev 
IDE even further, hencefore making it potentially less stable. And 
stability is important, I'd say critical for some of us.

Monte, I think you need to accept that Rev IDE is great for people 
who do not encompass enough of the language and features to program 
efficiently. For those that do, though, simply typing the code is 
often faster than navigating palettes or using preprogrammed 
features. I can imagine using Rev for projects that have more complex 
GUI but my most of my projects are truly minimal with that respect.

Robert