bookbashuk Chapter 126
Chapter 126
Automatic indentation has also been implemented; when you press Enter, it will automatically indent to the previous line's indentation position.
Row numbers have also been added, and a new column of gray numbers has been added to the left.
Cheng Yuxin had been helping him test it. She didn't understand programming, but she knew how to use it—she opened an editor, typed Chinese and English, and randomly typed some characters to see if it would crash. She found two bugs: one was that it would freeze when searching in large files, and the other was that the last line would occasionally be lost when saving a file.
Lin Feng has already repaired it.
He felt that v0.3 was ready to be released to other users.
But he didn't know how to post it.
In the past, there was the internet and various software download sites. You could write software, upload it, and the whole world could download it. Now it's 1996, and the internet hasn't been widely available in China yet. Most people don't even know what it means to go online.
He thought about it and decided to use the old method—floppy disks.
Copy CodeLight onto a floppy disk and take it to the computer shop to sell. Five yuan a disk.
But this time it's different. This time it's not a localization of someone else's software, it's his own original software.
He had an indescribable feeling—like handing his child over to someone else.
He stood in front of the desk with the floppy disk in his hand, staring at it for a long time.
Then he put the floppy disk in the drawer and went out.
He went to the New World Computer Room.
The fat man was still behind the counter, wearing a floral shirt and eating instant noodles. When he saw Lin Feng come in, he put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth.
"Lin Feng! Long time no see."
Lin Feng walked over, took a floppy disk out of his pocket, and placed it on the counter.
"Boss, it's a new software. I wrote it myself."
The fat man paused for a moment, then picked up the floppy disk and looked at it.
"Did you write this yourself?"
Lin Feng nodded.
The fat man inserted the floppy disk into the computer and started running it.
The CodeLight interface pops up.
The fat man looked at it and narrowed his eyes.
"Is this... programming?"
Lin Feng said, "A text editor. Specifically designed for programmers. It has syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, and regular expression search and replace."
The fat man didn't understand these things, but he saw colors on the screen and thought they looked pretty good.
"How much does it cost?"
Lin Feng said, "Five yuan."
The fat man thought for a moment.
"Okay. Let's try putting it here first."
He put the floppy disk in the drawer and made a note in his notebook.
Lin Feng said, "Boss, could you do me a favor? When someone buys it, could you ask them how they're using it and what their feedback is? Please write it down for me."
The fat man nodded.
"Okay. No problem."
Lin Feng left the computer room, stood at the door, and looked up at the sky.
The sky was very blue, with a few white clouds drifting slowly by.
He took a deep breath.
Then walk towards the bus stop.
A week later, Lin Feng went to the New World Computer Room again.
The fat man took a notebook out of the drawer and opened it.
"Seven were sold. The feedback has been pretty good. Some people say it's easy to use, while others say it has too few features."
He handed Lin Feng a piece of paper with several comments written on it:
"Cannot open multiple files at the same time".
"There's no status bar, so I don't know which line the cursor is on."
"Can syntax highlighting support Pascal? Our school teaches Pascal."
"The font size is too small, can you increase it?"
Lin Feng looked at the opinions and nodded.
He put the paper away and put it in his pocket.
"Thank you, boss."
The fat man waved his hand.
"No need to thank me. If your software is done well, I'll help you promote it more in the future."
Lin Feng nodded and left the computer room.
Back home, he sat in front of his computer, opened CodeLight's code, and started adding new features.