Why not just use Sublime Text editor, with Levure to allow you to use an
external editor?
(or plug in to that system to allow other external editors to be used)
Other than the fact that I can't get the 'linter' to work (and I know
that'll just be me doing something stupid and wrong :-), it seems to
give everything I could want in a text editor - just takes a bit of a
learning curve.
-- Alex.
On 21/06/2017 19:18, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
I like the idea of going even another step further, and having macros that
we can use. An example from another tool I use adds the ability to add
structures (e.g. if-then-else, repeat, etc.), and even being able to hilite
text and have the macro do something with the text, for example
someContainer is empty
Hilite above, choose the macro (right-clicking or from a button in the
header), choose custom if-then-else macro, and the hilited text is replaced
with
if somecontainer is empty then
else #not (somecontainer is empty)
end if #somecontainer is empty
and on the blank line between the "if" and the "else", the insertion carat
is placed, waiting for the next thing to be added.
Ya know, if we had a crowdfund we could put up a bid for this and already
have the money set aside to assign it...
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Mike Bonner wrote:
Perhaps a different direction here? I think it would be helpful to me
as a perpetual newbie to have the option to insert common scripts on
demand.
Maybe a context sensitive dropdown with a mouseup framework for
buttons, for fields, textchanged, keyup, keydown.
HyperCard:
<http://www.loper-os.org/wp-content/hypercard-calc/hc23.jpg>
SuperCard:
<https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KeLdv70h3G4/maxresdefault.jpg>
and even MetaCard:
<http://www.metacard.com/mcsnap2.gif>
...all provided popup menus in the Script Editor to insert handler
outlines and more.
SC's was based on templates that included a tag for specifying the
insertion point - very handy for modifying/extending them.
That sort of guidance can go a long way in helping newcomers more readily
understand the scope of messages they can respond to.
Maybe backed by a personal snippet library so that once one creates
their perfect script for entering only floating numbers.. or whatever,
make the handlers snippable so that they can be added to a local
repository for that object type.
Extensibility would be very valuable.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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