Richard, That makes good sense. A mothership sanctioned powerful external editor, with detailed install instructions, would be very nice and would better support those with higher professional aspirations for livecode. Best, Bill
William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Feb 22, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > prothero wrote: > > > I agree with Roger, > > There needs to be a useful script editor bundled with livecode. > > Absolutely. No development environment could claim to be integrated without > including such an essential components. > > I'm not suggesting we make people hunt for their own components. I'm > wondering if it makes sense to officially embrace external editors, for both > utility and cost savings. > > > > I'm suspecting that a lot of the impetus for sublime text and other > > external editors has to do with professional developers' need to use > > github with script only stacks. For entry level users, the built in > > editor would be their first exposure and perhaps sufficient. > > > > I also suspect that folks new to programming, or non-professionals > > might be a target too good to "not" keep on our good side. > > Apologies that I didn't wrote more clearly. > > In all my communications on this I've tried to stress that a good editor be > bundled with the LC install. > > But if that editor were external, then the IDE needs only one interface for > managing not only the included editor, but any other editor anyone might want > to use. > > Out of the box there's an experience at least as good as what we have now, > and with the click of a Prefs button users could also choose any other editor > they prefer. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
