On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:49 PM, RunRevPlanet <f...@smpcsupport.com> wrote:
> > One of the promoted strengths of LiveCode is that it is "live coding". In > other > words I can make a change in my script and immediately see the effect. > > Now while I understand the virtues of using the external text editor of > your > choice. With your example of XCode and an external editor, is it possible > to set > breakpoints and single step through the code in your preferred external > editor? > Well yes and no. As has already been pointed out, because of the long standing undercurrent that people have longed for a SE with better text manipulation capabilities, several attempts have been made by individuals to achieve that. I've used Ken's stsMLXEditor a long time ago and it allowed me to use my favourite text editor which allowed me to place breakpoints anywhere I wanted. Like GLX2, which I like very much, they both handed back debugging to Rev/LC. I have no problem with that - Text Editor for text manipulation, debugger for debugging. The problem though, was that stsMLXEditor was a bit of a patch job which needed a better mechanism to track the changes and transfer those back and forth - that improvement can only be done from the mothership. GLX2 used an improved mechanism but only bought a handful of improved Text Editing tools to the table - better than the inbuilt SE but no match for my favourite. What both of these proved is that it is possible. I don't use Atom but from some recent posting it appears that some kind of LC/Atom connection has been made. I wonder if that may have been driven by the amount of time the LC Team spend at Github and Atom is the Github team developed Text Editor? Guess I better check it out. And just to be clear, I've never suggested that LC should not have an SE, it most definitely must, and as Richmond has suggested it's lack of bloat is probably ideal for the new to programming or hobbyist level programmer. My comments have only suggested the ability to use an external TE would be a worthwhile enhancement as it would mean 'professional' programmers might feel a little more comfortable and be a little more productive using tools they are already familiar with. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
