The very first open source program I published

So years ago (2007) I wrote a simple notepad application, which at the time had one feature that nothing else had at that point: the ability to edit multiple files using the same window. Tabs hadn't really existed at that point, so the program actually used a sort of window manager (A MDI) to do it. I ended up publishing the stable version of this editor in 2009 on google code, but eventually they sunset that project and I lost track of it forever. It was written in C++ and was (and still is) ultra lightweight. I Even pretended to make up my own file extension (.ptx) and that was the default for the app.

Tonight while browsing the internet I managed to stumble across

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, which is one of those rehosting websites that usually end up with cracked or out of date programs and that normally piss me off. Well, this program happens to be my exact program from 2009. I managed to use this and eventually found the source code that I published a decade ago as well. I downloaded and ran the file from that site (in wine), and it all looked fine, so it's trustworthy. Furthermore a binary diff of the file downloaded there and one I just compiled from source says they're identical, so it's clear.
. Of course, if you want to download the source zip (unmodified since 2009) and compile it yourself, you can find it

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I would take screenshots and show you, but 1. my window manager would mangle it beyond recognition for you and 2. it's 27Kb, download it yourself... Yes, I know its an ultra basic program, but this was one of the very first C++ programs I ever wrote, stupidly I chose WINAPI. I already had a grasp of programming at the time from my Assembly and Perl days, but this was still a pretty big task for 11 year old me (when I was actually working on this program). Alright that's it, I just felt like sharing that with you guys

The GUI reminds me of tools I used to run In the early 2000s. I like It, It's quite neat.

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(04-04-2018, 11:38 AM)mothered Wrote:

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The GUI reminds me of tools I used to run In the early 2000s. I like It, It's quite neat.

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I've since gone on to make much more elegant and complex open source software, like

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It's one of those outer space like exploration and task-based games.

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The GUI reminds me of tools I used to run In the early 2000s. I like It, It's quite neat.

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I've since gone on to make much more elegant and complex open source software, like

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It's one of those outer space like exploration and task-based games.

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Very appealing Indeed. Certainly a notable difference between the two.

I see you've executed It on Windows 7. Is that your main flavor/version of Windows? Or perhaps a VM?

(04-05-2018, 08:49 AM)mothered Wrote:

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Very appealing Indeed. Certainly a notable difference between the two.

I see you've executed It on Windows 7. Is that your main flavor/version of Windows? Or perhaps a VM?

I don't really have a "main flavor" since I don't actually use windows all that often. That was a screenshot I posted elsewhere from while I was developing it, which was pre windows 10. I personally like win10, but it still has a long way to go before it can pull me from XNU (macos/UNIX)

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I don't really have a "main flavor" since I don't actually use windows all that often. That was a screenshot I posted elsewhere from while I was developing it, which was pre windows 10. I personally like win10, but it still has a long way to go before it can pull me from XNU (macos/UNIX)

I know you're dedicated to UNIX/Linux and the like and will probably remain that way Indefinitely.

I was more so referring to your choice In Windows versions, and not as the primary OS. To the contrary of some users, Windows 10 Is serving me very well Indeed.