A help add-in for the IDE, `impexp` in process for the harness, and WIP notes without their history by KubaO · Pull Request #221 · twinbasic/documentation

bug_repro vb6: report an exe the event log says faulted; a VB6 exe that dies of an access violation exits 0

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BUGS: VB6 sides for four COM entries; Unadvise entry narrowed (VB6 also E_NOINTERFACE); CallByName retry retired (VB6 does the same), its WARNING now a NOTE

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vb6run: a sample during which the exe ended is reported as such, with the event log's fault when there is one, not as one that did not return

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builder: regenerate package-api.json on twinBASIC BETA 995

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WIP.HelpAddin: drop history, shorten

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WIP.md, WIP.Authoring: drop incident history, state reasons in the present

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WIP.ExamplesBuild: drop the survey passes' history, current figures

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WIP.Harness: drop history, shorten

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WIP package notes: drop history, fix stale paths

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Remove WIP.OldJekyll.md: Jekyll-era history, kept by git

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WIP.Build, Typography, Fonts, A11y: drop history, reasons in the present

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WIP.Search: drop the session history and commit table, shorten

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Help add-in, increment 1: F1 opens the page for the name under the cursor

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Help add-in: commit its copy of the symbol index, build the tree as it is

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Build rewrites the help add-in's copy of the symbol index when it differs

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tooling: pack and unpack in process with impexp, never the compiler's import or export, so projects that embed a package stage (tbbuild --build, tbrun, examples, lanes); impexp.mjs is importable; t…

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Help add-in, increment 2: the help pane, with search, its page in a frame

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bug_repro vb6: report an exe's fault before its missing output, not only on a nonzero exit (a faulting VB6 exe exits 0)

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bug_repro pack: pack in process with packTree, not by running impexp.mjs import as a child

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tbrun: TbRun.Out tells the IDE by a flag the wrapper sets, not App.IsInIDE, so a project without the VB package runs

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Help add-in, increment 3: F1 asks the compiler's hover where the name under the cursor is declared, through the IDE page's socket

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try-help-addin.bat: open an IDE on the desktop with the help add-in, to try it by hand

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Help pane pages follow the IDE's theme: the site reads ?theme=, the add-in passes it, the tidy restores the IDE's theme

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try-help-addin: build the add-in on a private desktop; only the IDE it opens is shown

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tb-cdp: refuse a call on a closed connection at once, instead of waiting out its 30 s timeout

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Lane runners and try-help-addin claim the first free DevTools ports with lock files, passing over ports in use or claimed by another run

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ide-test export lane: run the compiler's command line on a private desktop, not the user's

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Help add-in, increment 4: F1 on a name with no page shows its declaration and [Description] from the compiler's hover (P15)

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BUGS-TO-REPORT: an enum member's [Description] is listed as a member in the hover, and not shown on the member

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File enum-member-description-hover as twinbasic/twinbasic#2465

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WIP.md: gh is read-only for sessions; writing to GitHub is the owner's

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test.bat gate: test/ports.test.mjs tests the harness's port claims; gate counts read twenty-one

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tb-ports: claim one at a time, so a lock still being written is never taken for stale; ports test holds claims until all are made

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Help pane pages show without the site's navigation and header: the site reads ?pane=1, the add-in passes it

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A help add-in for the IDE, `impexp` in process for the harness, and WIP notes without their history - #221

A help add-in for the IDE, `impexp` in process for the harness, and WIP notes without their history#221
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bug_repro vb6: report an exe the event log says faulted; a VB6 exe that dies of an access violation exits 0

BUGS: VB6 sides for four COM entries; Unadvise entry narrowed (VB6 also E_NOINTERFACE); CallByName retry retired (VB6 does the same), its WARNING now a NOTE

vb6run: a sample during which the exe ended is reported as such, with the event log's fault when there is one, not as one that did not return

builder: regenerate package-api.json on twinBASIC BETA 995

WIP.HelpAddin: drop history, shorten

WIP.md, WIP.Authoring: drop incident history, state reasons in the present

WIP.ExamplesBuild: drop the survey passes' history, current figures

WIP.Harness: drop history, shorten

WIP package notes: drop history, fix stale paths

Remove WIP.OldJekyll.md: Jekyll-era history, kept by git

WIP.Build, Typography, Fonts, A11y: drop history, reasons in the present

WIP.Search: drop the session history and commit table, shorten

Help add-in, increment 1: F1 opens the page for the name under the cursor

Help add-in: commit its copy of the symbol index, build the tree as it is

Build rewrites the help add-in's copy of the symbol index when it differs

tooling: pack and unpack in process with impexp, never the compiler's import or export, so projects that embed a package stage (tbbuild --build, tbrun, examples, lanes); impexp.mjs is importable; t…

Help add-in, increment 2: the help pane, with search, its page in a frame

bug_repro vb6: report an exe's fault before its missing output, not only on a nonzero exit (a faulting VB6 exe exits 0)

bug_repro pack: pack in process with packTree, not by running impexp.mjs import as a child

tbrun: TbRun.Out tells the IDE by a flag the wrapper sets, not App.IsInIDE, so a project without the VB package runs

Help add-in, increment 3: F1 asks the compiler's hover where the name under the cursor is declared, through the IDE page's socket

try-help-addin.bat: open an IDE on the desktop with the help add-in, to try it by hand

Help pane pages follow the IDE's theme: the site reads ?theme=, the add-in passes it, the tidy restores the IDE's theme

try-help-addin: build the add-in on a private desktop; only the IDE it opens is shown

tb-cdp: refuse a call on a closed connection at once, instead of waiting out its 30 s timeout

Lane runners and try-help-addin claim the first free DevTools ports with lock files, passing over ports in use or claimed by another run

ide-test export lane: run the compiler's command line on a private desktop, not the user's

Help add-in, increment 4: F1 on a name with no page shows its declaration and [Description] from the compiler's hover (P15)

BUGS-TO-REPORT: an enum member's [Description] is listed as a member in the hover, and not shown on the member

File enum-member-description-hover as twinbasic/twinbasic#2465

WIP.md: gh is read-only for sessions; writing to GitHub is the owner's

test.bat gate: test/ports.test.mjs tests the harness's port claims; gate counts read twenty-one

tb-ports: claim one at a time, so a lock still being written is never taken for stale; ports test holds claims until all are made

Help pane pages show without the site's navigation and header: the site reads ?pane=1, the add-in passes it