Multiple RIDE windows results in "preferences have been modified" message box.

Preferences should be read only at startup and not all the time.

Pressing 'enter'/'return' on the keyboard when in the Connect window with focus on the "host" should connect to that host. Currently one has to use the mouse to click "Go".

On OS X dragging the text to a different point uses the vertical bar cursor. Holding the Option/alt key while doing this changes the cursor to the green and white cross (Implying a copy - but it still moves the text).

Since RIDE uses JS for implementation, it would be a fantastic opportunity to utilize D3 library to create graphs from APL in RIDE.

Add a Threads window like in the ODE. This requires some new messages in the protocol.

Selecting a thread in the window should send the existing but undocumented SetThread protocol message.

@ngn said: This requires a new message in the protocol

Repro:

• go to http://dyalog.com/apl-font-keyboard.htm and follow the instructions for installing the OSX keyboard
• press Alt+Letter in RIDE's session or editor -- some of the keys work but most don't

The IDE has a setting for how many characters one needs to write before auto-complete kicks in. Since this setting is not alterable from within RIDE, it should default to 0. It is currently 1.

Example:
In the IDE, set Options>Configure>Auto Complete>Make suggestions after 0 characters.
In the session, type ⎕SE. and wait to see the suggestions.
In RIDE, type ⎕SE.

see screenshot...

IDE:
Version: 4.0.2611
Platform: Win32
Date: 2017-01-17 09:27:04 +0000
Git commit: ce39e76
Preferences:{
"favs":"[{"type":"start","ssh_auth_type":"pass","ssh_tnl_auth_type":"pass","host":"localhost","exe":"C:\\Program Files\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\\dyalog.exe","args":"inifile=\"SOFTWARE\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL/W-64 16.0 Unicode\"\nC:\\Program Files\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\\Samples\\ole\\ado.dws"}]",
"kbdLocale":"en_US",
"selectedExe":"C:\Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\dyalog.exe",
"wse":"1"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 16.0.29046
Platform: Windows-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Jan 23 2017 at 18:32:43

  Version: 4.0.2559
  Platform: MacIntel
  Date: 2016-12-19 09:16:32 +0000
  Git commit: b07720323cca4239e3e761c5daecbc1aa9045bbf

Bug: When opening Workspace Explorer the IDE window is scrolled to the beginning of the history.
Expected result: the window should not scroll and stay on the same position.

  Platform: MacIntel
  Date: 2016-12-19 09:16:32 +0000
  Git commit: b07720323cca4239e3e761c5daecbc1aa9045bbf

When variable is assigned/namespace created/function create etc this is not reflected in Workspace Explorer. In order to see the changes in Workspace Explorer it is necessary now to
fold/unfold the default namespace in Workspace Explorer.

Also it would be great to see values of variables in Workspace Explorer, like in Matlab, see below:

@ngn said: remapping ⍝ in CM doesn't work on Windows

After show trace on error, I would like the focus to be on the session window.

When clicking a fn or class in maxmized WS-Explorer to open the editor, it shows the editor - but also the session (which was not there in maximized explorer-view) comes back. That is unexpected and probably not too helpful, but probably unavoidable with the current window-handling.
If floating windows will be implemented, perhaps this can be revisited...

Add an SI stack window, like in the ODE. There is a GetSIStack message in the protocol for this.

Add a "Close All Windows" menu item, perhaps on a new "Window" menu, to close all open editors tracers etc.

libnotify.so.4 is required as a dependency when creating the installer for Linux.

When Launching with a spawned session, )off should close ride instead of giving a message that the interpreter has closed

It might be nice if RIDE had a status bar at the bottom, like the classic Windows Dyalog IDE, telling you the current workspace, current values of ⎕IO and ⎕ML etc.

The toggle line-numbers button should stay in the same position whether one is in an editor or a tracer window.

If you start making changes to a connection configuration, this is immediately takes effect and overwrites an existing configuration, unless you hit "Clone" first. This is rather unexpected and unpleasant, especially since there is no "undo".

... so that you can easily switch to them.

(This was reported in RIDE3; may not make sense any more.)

For most glyphs it is ok, but there are some differences:

Also, in my fresh 16-install, zilde is missing on the lb of the ODE, I'll take that to Andy, just mentioning here because it is the final difference...

About:
IDE:
Version: 4.0.2611
Platform: Win32
Date: 2017-01-17 09:27:04 +0000
Git commit: ce39e76
Preferences:{
"favs":"[{"type":"start","ssh_auth_type":"pass","ssh_tnl_auth_type":"pass","host":"localhost","exe":"C:\\Program Files\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\\dyalog.exe","args":"inifile=\"SOFTWARE\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL/W-64 16.0 Unicode\"\nC:\\Program Files\\Dyalog\\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\\Samples\\ole\\ado.dws"}]",
"kbdLocale":"en_US",
"selectedExe":"C:\Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog APL-64 16.0 Unicode\dyalog.exe",
"wse":"1"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 16.0.29046
Platform: Windows-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Jan 23 2017 at 18:32:43

If many tabs are open, they should scroll or go multi-line instead of overlapping the tabs. C.f. Notepad++ (good) vs Chrome (bad).

RIDE:

Notepad++ (multi-line setting):

Notepad++ (scroll setting):

Chrome:

The menu-bar has very few items on it. and those items have very few sub-items.

On macOS the menu-bar shows up on the top edge of the screen (modulo #17) (like all macOS apps), but if RIDE is run in a browser, the menu-bar is inside the page area of the browser.

On all platforms, it is very strange to have a menu-bar underneath the address/bookmarks-bar in a browser, however a toolbar/ribbon/tab-bar stuck to the top edge is quite normal.

Therefore: Replace the menu-bar with a toolbar.

The comment and un-comment buttons are only meaningful for functions, operators, classes, etc.

When "launch an interpreter" on the local system followed by "New Session" I'm presented with a message: "The current session is remote. To connect elsewhere or launch a local interpreter, please use "Connect..." instead.", The current session is local and not remote.

IDE:
Version: 4.0.2395
Platform: Linux x86_64
Date: 2016-10-27 10:19:12 +0100
Git commit: e309bb5
Preferences:{
"favs":"[{"type":"start","ssh_auth_type":"pass","exe":"/opt/mdyalog/16.0/64/unicode/mapl"}]",
"kbdLocale":"en_GB",
"selectedExe":"/opt/mdyalog/16.0/64/unicode/mapl",
"theme":"classic",
"colourScheme":"Francisco Goya"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 16.0.28511
Platform: Linux-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Oct 26 2016 at 02:24:33

RIDE 4 on Linux exits immediately (killing my spawned interpreter) if I do any of:

• press Ctrl+Q
• press Alt+F4
• click on the x in the window decoration

All of these ought to prompt me with an "are you sure?" dialog. (But there's no need to prompt if I type )off/)continue/⎕off in the session.)

On Linux RIDE with a local spawned interpreter, if I hit Ctrl+Enter on a blank line in the session then the cursor disappears! I can still type into the session, but the cursor doesn't reappear until the next time I hit Enter.

IDE:
Version: unknown
Platform: Linux x86_64
Date: unknown
Git commit: unknown
Preferences:{
"favs":"[{"type":"start","ssh_auth_type":"pass","ssh_tnl_auth_type":"pass","exe":"apl"}]",
"kbdLocale":"en_GB",
"keys":"{"NX":["Shift-Ctrl-Right"]}",
"otherExe":"apl"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 16.0.29028
Platform: Linux-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Jan 19 2017 at 14:17:27

Only the focussed window should have a flashing input cursor

Launching with a spawned session results in the focus on the toolbar instead of on the session.

)ed F G should place F above G and focus F. Then Esc Esc should close F and then G.
In practice, after closing F, focus goes back to the session.

@ngn said: the interpreter controls the order; that's even beyond JD's code

If the input line is below the middle of the screen and you enter trace mode using ctrl+enter, the tracer grabs the bottom half of the screen, and the last half screen worth of the session is hidden. The session should be scrolled so that the bottom of the session with the input line remains visible.

Search/Replace bar covers the topmost line of the frame it appears in.

This is especially confusing if a match is found on the covered line.

If I fire up a fresh RIDE 4 and spawn a local interpreter:

1. )ed foo opens a new editor window and focuses on it
2. Ctrl+Tab switches focus to the session, leaving the editor window open
3. Ctrl+Tab again does nothing. It should switch focus back to the editor.

Sometimes (possibly after using the tracer) RIDE gets into a state where this bug goes away, and I can switch focus in both directions.

IDE:
Version: unknown
Platform: Linux x86_64
Date: unknown
Git commit: unknown
Preferences:{
"favs":"[{"type":"start","ssh_auth_type":"pass","ssh_tnl_auth_type":"pass","exe":"apl"}]",
"kbdLocale":"en_GB",
"keys":"{"NX":["Shift-Ctrl-Right"]}",
"otherExe":"apl"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 16.0.29028
Platform: Linux-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Jan 19 2017 at 14:17:27

When spawning an interpreter environment variables SINGLETRACE and CLASSICMODE should be set to 1, This mode is more natural outside of the TTY and is more similar to how the current ODE works.

Version of RIDE from Git on OSX. On attempt to connect to remote interpreter got the message "Cannot find module 'ssh2'".

Currently, a right-click on a language bar item gives a context menu with editing commands (copy/cut/paste…) which is completely inappropriate.

When starting a session (for a demo), WIBNI the banner appeared at the top, rather than the bottom, which reveals the prior session log.

we need one to support the RaspberryPi

RIDE got into a state today where it did not react to resizing of the window, selections from the menu and even closing the main-window to exit the app did not work. Had to end it via Taskmanager.

I know this is not worth much w/o a repro which I do not have (yet). Wanted to mention it anyway - maybe a repro will show up... ;-)

Coming from terminal to RIDE 4 without floating editor/tracer windows is a huge step forward.

Coming from RIDE 3 or the IDE to RIDE 4, thus losing the floating windows is a huge loss. Among other things, it makes it difficult to use multiple monitors, and to have an "L" shaped session with a top corner being an editor.

@ngn said: export RIDE_CSS=/path/to/my-styles.css can be used for that

In the old IDE closing the session window is confirmed with a dialog because it may cause loss of data. RIDE should do the same.

On behalf of @JohnScholes

The IDE keeps a list of latest )LOADed workspaces, and shows them as an auto-complete list when entering )l. RIDE could ask the interpreter or maintain its own list or search the log for lines beginning with the entered letters.

Cannot paste anything to the interpreter window, no reaction on neither Cmd+v nor Ctrl+v.

IDE:
  Version: 4.0.1
  Platform: MacIntel
  Date: 2017-01-05 15:39:08 +0000
  Git commit: 027e5f624db77e10c8d97407a7f168073c9e60fd
  Preferences:{
    "blinkCursor":"0",
    "colourScheme":"B&W",
    "colourSchemes":"[{\"name\":\"B&W\",\"styles\":\"asgn=fg:00f com=fg:088 dfn=fg:00f diam=fg:00f err=fg:f00 fn=fg:008 idm=fg:00f kw=fg:800 lnum=fg:008,bg:f,bgo:1 mod=bg:e,bgo:1 mtch=bg:ff8,bgo:0.5 norm=bg:f,bgo:1 ns=fg:8 num=fg:8 op1=fg:00f op2=fg:00f par=fg:00f quad=fg:808 sel=bg:48e,bgo:0.5 semi=fg:00f sqbr=fg:00f srch=bg:f80,bgo:0.5 str=fg:088 tc=bg:d,bgo:1 trad=fg:8 var=fg:8 zld=fg:008 scmd=fg:00f ucmd=fg:00f vtt=bg:ff0 bcr=bg:0\"}]",
    "favs":"[{\"type\":\"start\",\"ssh_auth_type\":\"pass\",\"ssl\":1,\"exe\":\"/Applications/Dyalog-15.0.app/Contents/Resources/Dyalog/mapl\",\"name\":\"Local Dyalog 15\",\"ssh_tnl_auth_type\":\"pass\"},{\"ssh_auth_type\":\"key\",\"type\":\"start\",\"name\":\"Linode Dyalog 15\",\"ssh\":1,\"port\":\"5122\",\"user\":\"fourier\",\"host\":\"txmhub.com\",\"exe\":\"/usr/bin/dyalog\",\"ssh_key\":\"/Users/alexeyv/.ssh/id_rsa\",\"ssh_tnl_auth_type\":\"key\",\"ssh_tnl_key\":\"/Users/alexeyv/.ssh/id_rsa\",\"ssh_tnl\":1}]",
    "kbdLocale":"en_US_Mac",
    "keys":"{\"WSE\":[\"Ctrl-W\"]}",
    "otherExe":"/usr/bin/dyalog",
    "selectedExe":"/Applications/Dyalog-15.0.app/Contents/Resources/Dyalog/mapl",
    "wse":"1",
    "zoom":"2"
  }

Interpreter:
  Version: 15.0.27700
  Platform: Mac-64
  Edition: Unicode/64
  Date: Jun 29 2016 at 15:58:23

  Platform: MacIntel
  Date: 2016-12-19 09:16:32 +0000
  Git commit: b07720323cca4239e3e761c5daecbc1aa9045bbf

The RIDE built winh node mk dist doesn't have a menu on OSX:

Description:

When starting MiServer 3.0 (download from a current GitHub commit), an empty Status Output window pops up (over my Windows APL session, not my RIDE session). However, starting MiServer 3.0 without RIDE produces no discernible status output.

Repro:

1. Download/Clone MiServer 3.0
2. Start RIDE (I started a 150u64 interpreter)
3. )load the miserver workspace
4. Cursor up to the line that says "Start './SampleMiSites/MS3' ,,,"
5. Press Enter

About Information:

IDE:
Version: 4.0.2591
Platform: Win32
Date: 2017-01-05 12:21:28 +0000
Git commit: aeaeb45
Preferences:{
"kbdLocale":"en_US",
"selectedExe":"C:\Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog APL-64 15.0 Unicode\dyalog.exe",
"title":"{PROFILE}-{WSID}"
}

Interpreter:
Version: 15.0.28845
Platform: Windows-64
Edition: Unicode/64
Date: Dec 18 2016 at 17:55:13