Printable View
Hello evryone, I just joined this forum and just starting learning c
i want to create very simple text editor.
The user will just type the text and choose option menu to process the text such as searching for word
how to make a simple window , background,text color
where i can find simple explanation about it ?
i have try to search it but i still don't find
regard
kris
Which OS and compiler are you using?
You still have much to learn. Doing a text editor isn't trivial. Meanwhile good luckQuote:
Originally Posted by if13121
windows turbo cQuote:
Originally Posted by Salem
but i want to make the other in oder to be run in linux using gcc
and i really want to know how to make a simple window , background,text color
please help
Hello if13121,
If you're new to windows programming (like me) then you'll find the learning curve pretty steep, at least to the point where you can write simple applications. I would get a good book on windows programming + have a look for windows API tutorials on the web.
A good book is Programming Windows by Charles Petzold (Microsoft Press).
However, I would recommend getting pretty comfortable with the C language itself, perhaps by writing some DOS code first.
xErath is right; a very simple text editor is a quite complex programming challenge. I know because I want to write one for myself (one day).
This May Help You !
Please don't post your rip-off of http://computer.howstuffworks.com/c.htm
hello. i'm studying maths & computer science. for homework i need to write ideas for programming the simple text editor. can you write me some advices? it doesn't matter on which programming language (C, Pascal, PHP, JavaScript).
Please don't bump threads that are 6 years old.
Welcome Lebdim!:D
A simple text editor for Turbo C? Not all that difficult, depending on how "simple", simple is. Mine was very simple. I wrote one ages ago, and I'm certainly no programming pro. I used #defines for things like left and right margins, backspace, enter, top row, bottom row, and used several variables, of course.
The idea was to have a "window" of the editor, that was displayed on screen, and then have an area above and below in (in the char array), that was not displayed. That allowed text to scroll up and down (no scrolling left and right).
Imo, the basic editing was not too difficult, but even simple text editors have a plethora of features - and that requires a real user interface to be useful.
You might want to check out the "edit" program (still available in Windows XP), from any console (text) window, for idea's on a good layout.