BeWork

Here is where I maintain the list of all my current Be projects. They are from least to most ambitious.

• Perdue Compiler Construction Tool Set (PCCTS)

  PCCTS is a compiler construction tool set along the lines of bison/yacc and flex/lexx. Unlike bison/flex, it allows EBNF notation and creates an LL(n) parser, as opposed to an LALR(1) parser. Much more powerful and flexible!

• AttributeBrowser

  AttributeBrowser is a Tracker add-on that allows you to view the attributes of 1-N files. Each file is a top level node in the BOutlineView.

• ImageBrowser

  ImageBrowser is a Tracker add-on that allows you to view the exported images of one or more shared libraries or add-ons.

  NOTE: Enumerating, de-mangling and displaying the exports of a shared library can become fairly time consuming. Please make sure you really want to do this before displaying the exports for something like libbe.so.

• UTFLibrary version 0.9b

  A simple library that provides ease of use of the UTF capabilities of the BeOS.

  Classes in this version:

  • UTFChar : A simple wrapper around a multibyte UTF Character
  • UTFString : A class that makes working with UTF encoded string MUCH easier. Has some nifty features such as BASIC string operators Left/Right/Mid/InStr, the ability to split the string at a character position or by a given delimiter and more.
  • UTFStringTokenizer : A class that allows you to tokenize a given UTF string based on a string, a delimiter string and a string of characters that should be ignored by the tokenizer for output
  • A UTFTextBuffer class that allows a user to work on a block of UTF text as if it was a wordproccessor. Will allow Cut/Copy/Past, maintain current caret and selection information.

  Still to be implemented:

  • UTFTextBuffer : Provide search and replace capabilities, etc.

• jControls Control Library

  The Control Library features a number of custom controls I would like to see on the Be. These are

  • A Header control that allow column resizing and re-ordering.
  • A 3D Toolbar control that provides pop up buttons when a mouse pointer hovers over them. Text can be displayed in a 3D style.
  • A Bitmap button control that allows you to position text anyplace around the bitmap. Text can be displayed in a 3D style.
  • A PopUpMenu control that allows you to place bitmaps next to text. Text can also be displayed in a 3D style.
  • A ListView control that allows any number of items, each w/ subitems that may have their own images.
  • Others as I can think of them...
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• HTML Editor/General Code editor. I HATE BeIDE.
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• ReImpliment my RayTracer.
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• A CASE tool/Programmers notebook/Pattern Creator that allows you to generate class diagrams, enter and maintain patterns, generate code, etc. Will come complete with the Be C++ api and the complete set of Patterns from Gamma, et al.
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• A General Visual Programming Environment that contains no coding what so ever. You drag components around, link them to each other, and away you go. Components can be either applications or DLLs. First cut will be at a Scientific Visualization package.
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• Some type of PIM/Calendar/Manager that is mostly a Replicant holder. Each component (PIM/Calendar/Manager) is actually a Replicant it self. The tool allows you to add/remove/arrange these tools in a way that is meaningful to you. The user can just drop in new replicants and have them managed by the central tool manager.
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• Whatever else I can think of!

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