Wishlist

[MrTAToad]

Its that time of the year for a GLBasic wish list

I've listed things in the order of how nice they would be to have (Very Nice, Nice and Only If Gernot Has Nothing Better To Do) :

Very Nice :

• Update the compiler (GCC/MinGW), especially for Linux.
• Update the headers - especially the Linux ones
• Constants in DATA statements
• Integrated TTF Fonts
• Automatic centering of a Windows and Linux window
• Get current desktop screen width and height
• Add versioning information

Nice :

• Integrated mySQL
• OpenAL support
• Ability to scale text fonts - both horizontally and vertically
• Intergrated unicode support
• Get list of available resolutions

Only If Gernot Has Nothing Better To Do :

• Might be worth looking at a Mac and Linux version (perhaps using Code::Blocks)

I'll add more things when I can think of them

[MrTAToad]

SQLite would do just as well...

[FutureCow]

Here's my list (of course, I've got more in the suggestions forums, but these are my top priority ones that I'd like to see).

Before people reply back - yes I know for some of what I've listed there are already ways to do these things (like freeing up image memory), and yes I know I can write my own functions to do them, but in these instances I think there should be dedicated commands in the basic command set to do these things. It's all about the language being intuitive.

Very Nice
- Decouple the primary display from the debugger so that you can step through your code and still alt-tab to the output window of your program
- Change to the IDE window so you can see both the contents of the files tab and the jumps tab at the same time
- Additional functionality for the jumps tab so it can list every function in every file in the project (so you don't have to hunt around trying to find which file a function is in so you can go edit it, one click and it changes to the correct file and opens the correct function)
- Inbuilt support for variable width bitmap fonts

Nice
- A dedicated free image memory command (and for freeing any other resources (3d objects, sounds etc)).
- A dedicated "draw subset of image command"
- Code folding in the IDE
- Basically any command in the Blitz3D command set that there isn't an equivalent in GLBasic (WITHOUT using inline) for yet 

Oh and a "Fix My Game And Make It Work" button 

[matchy]

And a partridge in a pear tree! 

[codegit]

SQLite would be nice 

[FutureCow]

And a partridge in a pear tree! 

What? Only one? How will the 12 lords a leaping share just one single partridge? And don't even get me started on how 6 geese can possibly lay 5 golden rings!

[Kitty Hello]

 

[FutureCow]

*LOL* Well it is entitled wishlist   

[MrTAToad]

Sorting out the Linux requirements is important as currently installing the required stuff is a bit complicated

Once done, Linux programs could then then be put in packages, which will be handy for easy installation.

[Kitty Hello]

I have a libstdc++.a now. I will try to statically link it next version.

[ksin]

IUP (http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/) might be nice.

[Hatonastick]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's good, as it looks like the same mob behind LUA.  For the uninitiated, LUA is a script language engine used in a heck of a lot of commercial and hobby projects over the years including quite a few commercial games.

Pity I don't program anymore as I'd be very interested in this product as most cross-platform UI engines are a pain to add due to clunky APIs.  Then theres the fact that most are in C++ and I'm a little old-school and prefer the procedural C to OOP thanks.

[Kitty Hello]

If they provide a simple language, why not a direct C++ interface but their own compiler. You can do everything you do with that language in pure C++, too (mostly).
A native gui would be nice, I know.

[MrTAToad]

Well, when you have some free time...

[WPShadow]

Some small/Mini SQL is enough for me!