I had a cool idea! (program that creats sdmb code much like MS word)

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What I mean by that is - In word, if you want bold, you type ctrl-b, if you want to turn the bold off you type ctrl b again.
I am working on an app that, when you type ctrl-b (or press the bold button) the sdmb bold start code is inserted at the cursor, and if you type ctrl-b again the bold end code is inserted at the cursor.

Same for italic, underline, quote, spoiler etc…

So typing an sdmb post would be identical to typing in word.

I have already got it working, it was ridiculously easy (with Borland C++ Builder’s excelent rapid app development abilities)
If I can be arsed I will even implement a dynamic preview window which shows your post while you type as it will appear in the thread.
When it is finished it is free for anyone who wants it.

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Actually, considering the talent here on the SDMB, what I just did was a bit like a guy bursting into the dressing room of a premier league football (soccer) team and saying “I just had a great idea! - why don’t we pass the ball using the side of our foot?! That way we will be more accurate!”

But I am still going to do this for my own benefit.

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I have a preliminary version ready. It does bold, italic, and quote. e-mail me if you’d like me to send it to you. It’s 82kb

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or rather post if you’d like me to send it to you :smack:

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Sounds good Lobsang, I’d be interested in playing around with it.

Mangetout released a similar program a while back (bbBuddy or something?), don’t know if he’s still working on it though.

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Here’s the thread.

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I’ll send it to you Kal

I have not yet found out if it will work on computers without Builder Installed. I compiled in such a way that it should work on any windows machine, but I only have BCB’s word that it will work.

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Thanks for sending it, it runs fine on my computer.

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Can you make it automatically generate self-absorbed and whiny posts, Lobsang? That could save even more time. :wink:

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Hey, send it along…I LOVE playing with this kind of stuff… Thanks!

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OOh, can you send it to me please?

If you like, I can put it on a site for people to download.

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Send it over here. I hate coding.

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Hey, send it to me, too.

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I find that I have the opposite problem. As an example: frequently when trying to bold something in Word I absentmindedly type “[b]” instead of pressing ctrl-b!

pan

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It’s even worse when you code HTML all the time. I go ** instead of <B> and [URL=] instead of <A HREF="">. All the time. Nightmare.

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whistles Over here please! Thanks.

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Sounds interesting - send me a copy if you could…

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Cool! send me a copy too! Please. Oh, and can you add a spelling/grammar/punctuation check and and auto smily insertion? :smiley:

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Oy Lobbers, send! Send! I will post a link so you don’t have to be bothered about it.

[Feature request: tag customiser - the user should be able to add their own tags and keyboard short-cuts - this will allow for vBulletin upgrades, and/or fancier tags.]

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Neato! Could you send me one too please? Thank you very much :smiley: