A new release of RedDiamond, version 3.6.4, has been released. You can find AppImage, RPM, and Debian packages here. For those of you unfamiliar with this OpenSource project, it really started off as part of the How Far We’ve Come series. These dovetailed into the CopperSpice Experiments series. Having come up on real operating systems with editors like EDT, I have always been annoyed at how futile most PC based programming editors are. They pack … RedDiamond 3.6.4 ReleasedRead more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 14
Why EDT? The short answer is “Because I wanted it.” The slightly longer answer is “I needed something of value to do while kicking the tires on CopperSpice. Adding themes and EDT keypad support to Diamond not only fit the bill but would benefit the world at large for as long as it could still compile.” The much longer answer is the rest of this post. I started out on the PDP 11/70 running RSTS/E. … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 14Read more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 9
Diamond text editor now has many new features, including backups. Here is a run-down. Yeah, it’s been a while. Life keeps getting in the way of actually writing something here. I’m also migrating from BlueHost.com through HostGator.com to inMotion hosting service. That gets its own blog post once complete. Despite all of that, a lot of code has changed in the repo. Just be sure you choose the diamond-themes branch. Themes work really well. Not … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 9Read more