The very first open source program I published 04-04-2018, 10:54 AM
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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I managed to stumble across this link, which is one of those rehosting websites that usually end up with cracked or out of date programs and that normally piss me off.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 here, or at the archived Google Code page.
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
Tonight while browsing the internet I managed to stumble across this link, which is one of those rehosting websites that usually end up with cracked or out of date programs and that normally piss me off.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.
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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