I've been posting updates on this project at my forum. Bob said he liked what I had so far, better than Notepad. Of course at the current stage, it doesn't have the full features yet. I've made a few WPs for my own personal uses within my programs, and a few less involved ones for fun. This one feels like it might be something others could use at some point, so I would rather it be plug and play, rather than it only works, if... So the addition of a RAM drive is nix. Other products, like Open Office (wherever that thing went???) Word, etc., seem to work fine for very large docs, without the need of a RAM drive addition.
As for the _MEMBLOCK stuff, I considered that as a possible use. I made a graphics GUI that mapped a lot of stuff to memory, but I made that memory mapping myself. I've never worked with the _MEMBLOCK feature(s) yet, so I'd have to mess around with some rudimentary stuff, to figure it out and apply it.
I think one of the main goals of any good usable text writer is its ability to keep up with the user. If you can out type the product, it wasn't put together well enough to be of any practical use. Rob hit this wall once in the QB IDE, and then between faster computers and tweaks in his coding method, it got back on track to keeping up with user input. On a side note, I really wish he used the scrollbar routine I emailed him. It's was better than what we have, even currently, well, as current as v1.3. I haven't checked the latest, yet.
In the meantime, while considering what to do about undo, I'm working out the directory tree stuff. I just posted something Dav might find useful, for a similar project he is working on.
Hey guys, just to let you know, I really, really appreciate all the comments, suggestions, and ideas.
Thanks,
Pete