From 813776549e4265cda8c71b456c1d3789ca4288f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Lamonte Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:42:38 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README.md | 27 +++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index db12ef6..0eb51b4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ Some of the areas that will likely require significant efforts are: syntax or at least regexp highlighting (not just keywords), paren matching, paragraph/comment reflow, and dozens more. The underlying Document/Line/Word model is not going to be sufficient - to meet these features. It would be up to you if you wish to - retrofit any improvements you make to the MIT version of Jexer. + to meet these features. * Better Windows and OSX support. It would be nice to ship a jlink'ed JVM on these platforms with the JRE, JDK, and JPDA @@ -338,25 +337,13 @@ Some of the areas that will likely require significant efforts are: consider doing any of the following: ship a third-party terminal, use PowerShell, or use the newer ConPTY for TTerminalWindow. - * Project window awareness for modules. Currently the project - window knows only simple file paths (where it assumes paths are - subpackages) and jars. It would be nice to also have module - awareness here, since modules are the future for Java. - - * Bug fixes. The (G)Jexer codebase is quite large despite my best + * Bug fixes. The Jexer codebase is quite large despite my best efforts. Bugs are typically very small to fix, but can take some time to find: a simple NPE or AssertionError can sometimes take 4-8 hours to squash. Fortunately, fixing issues in one place has not often led to breakages elsewhere. - * Plugin support. TJIDE is the first truly new TUI-based IDE to - emerge in quite some time. It was deliberately built to resemble - IDEs used to teach computer science courses for decades, and it is - hoped that instructors will be able to use it soon. A plugin - system to define new kinds of targets, editors, and debuggers - would go a long way to using TJIDE for other languages. - - * New (G)Jexer applications. So far as I know, (G)Jexer is the only + * New Jexer applications. So far as I know, Jexer is the only mouse-supporting full TUI windowing framework with sixel image support in existence. I cannot predict what kinds of applications could be built out of it, and how those needs will push back to @@ -365,10 +352,10 @@ Some of the areas that will likely require significant efforts are: These are what I can clearly see right now. Obviously users are capable of finding many more. -I intend to continue poking on TJIDE and Jexer, and will maintain a +I intend to continue poking on Jexer and TJIDE, and will maintain a branch to be "the fastest and simplest Java language IDE available", which will deliberately remain small. -I hope that other languages choose to transliterate MIT Jexer to -provide TUIs to their own platforms. I will be happy to help them -understand the code to support those efforts. +I hope that other languages choose to transliterate Jexer to provide +TUIs to their own platforms. I will be happy to help them understand +the code to support those efforts. -- 2.27.0