[Coco] Latest Release of the VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator

[Bill Pierce]

Steve (and anyone else), I think if you look at the "issues" page on the VCC github site, you'll see a lot of what you mentioned is in the works for the future. If you want to add an idea, there's an issue labeled "Wish List". Just add a comment there.
Any bugs you want to report, start a new issue describing the bug (if there's not an issue on that bug already), the system you're running, the program you were running when the bug was found, and what you were doing in the program when the bug popped up. All info helps in duplicating the bug so it can be traced and fixed.

The efforts going in VCC at the moment are to get old (and new) bugs fixed, and unfinished features finished.
To start adding a buch of enhancements on top of a bugged, unfinished interface makes little sense. We are slowly going through the sources (there are MANY) and reworking all code to a more 'modern' format and slowly making ready for what will hopefully be a multiplatform conversion (distant future).
So to add enhancements now only adds to the current work.

But, all ideas are welcome, and we DO want to expand VCC eventually, but don't expect us to remember your suggestions 6 months from now when we do start adding enhancements.... add them to our list.

 


Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Batson via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: Steve Batson <steve_batson at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 9, 2016 10:44 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Latest Release of the VCC Color Computer 3 Emulator

I'm so spoiled by the features of modern Computers and Operating Systems It's very difficult for me to stay motivated to program the CoCo if I have to resort to archaic editors and jump through the hoops one must often do to move from the PC to the CoCo and back. I think with VCC, we have the opportunity to do much of the work on a modern system and then move to the CoCo for final testing.What I'd really love to see in VCC is ability to cut and paste and/or more easily move data back and forth between the Virtual Disk Files and Windows and any other features that would streamline programing on the PC and transferring between CoCo and PC. Let's face it, doing things like using the Edit features in BASIC is cumbersome and slow no matter how well you have the control keys memorized and how fast you can type. I'm sure the same is true with other languages on the Coco.Being able to sit at my primary computer where I have the most comfortable setup and everything I need a few mouse clicks away would greatly enhance comfort, productivity, etc. :)On Jan 8, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:> Oh I can definitely see the use in software development.  :)> > Eventually I’m going get around to setting up a dev environment and do some programming,> and I’ll want it for testing things.  So far everything I’ve been doing on the CoCo is hardware.> > It looks great.> > - Ed> -- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco