[Gambas-user] I think this page needs updated on wiki

[Bruce Steers]

You're absolutely right .. wow gambas2 , i remember those days ,, I had
more hair, etc ;)

I have just edited it.

How To Open, Debug & Compile The IDE

The Gambas IDE is written in Gambas. So the IDE source project can be
loaded into the IDE for editing.

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   Be sure you already have Gambas IDE installed.
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   Download a Gambas source code version from gitlab...

Stable Version
https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/-/archive/stable/gambas-stable.zip

Development Version
https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/-/archive/master/gambas-master.zip

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   Run your already installed Gambas IDE.
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   Lets assume you have un-archived the source into a folder called
   ~/gambas-source. so Open Project ~/gambas-source/app/src/gambas3
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   Now you have the gambas IDE project loaded in the gambas IDE.
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   Press the Start Button <https://gambaswiki.org/edit/comp/gb.qt4/button>
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   You now see another Gambas IDE is running through the existing Gambas.
   You can open projects as normal ...
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   Close the running projects.
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   Modify something in the IDE source code. (Maybe add some debugging
   messages)
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   Save the project and compile the exe using the "make executable" option.

*~/gambas-source/app/src/gambas3/gambas3.gambas* will have been created and
you can use this instead of the installed version.

Or you can copy the new executable to /usr/bin/gambas3.gambas and overwrite
the installed version.

[[ warning

Warning

The IDE is a VERY complicated system and you can break your gambas by
modifying code.

Be aware of this if you report bugs, make sure the bugs exist in the non
modified gambas before reporting them.
]]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 at 17:33, Brian G <brian at westwoodsvcs.com> wrote:

> How To Open, Debug & Compile The IDE
>
> The Gambas IDE is written in Gambas. It comes with the Gambas source
> .tar.bz2 file.
>
>    -
>
>    Download Gambas, e.g. Version from http://gambas.sourceforge.net/
>    -
>
>    Install and compile it according to "Compiling Gambas" page on same
>    server.
>    -
>
>    Run Gambas
>    -
>
>    Assume you have installed it in ~/gambas2-1.9.28 .
>
> Open Project ~/gambas2-1.9.28/apps/src/gambas2 .
>
>    -
>
>    Press the start Button <https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.qt4/button>
>    -
>
>    You now see the Gambas IDE running in Gambas. You can open your
>    project ...
>    -
>
>    Close it
>    -
>
>    Modify something , the background property of one of the forms.
>
>
>
> "Failure is the key to success;
>  each mistake teaches us something"  .. Morihei Ueshiba
> Brian G
>
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>
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