On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:04 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > Remember that web2py was designed as a teaching tool. Moving to VIM is > not an option. > > But, you can configure firefox to use Vim when editing a textarea. > yes, with the "It's All Text<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125>" plugin - but the area has to be a textarea (I never went to the trouble to see how to configure that as the default for edit, but it would be a nice default to be able to change from the admin interface - so you could go back and forth as you need, instead of always double clicking for small changes). - Y > > Massimo > > On Oct 19, 3:30 pm, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I'm a vim user who never uses the appadmin except at the onset of a > > new project to check the db. I never ever edit files using the > > appadmin editor. However, if the editor was vim and the integration > > was done well, I might just reconsider. Keep at it, Tim! Seems useful > > to me. > > > > On Oct 19, 10:42 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > The Amy editor is already in web2py as an option (with > > > autocompletion). You can enable it by editing admin/models/0.py. We > > > had a trial phase and people have reported issues with it, so we never > > > made it the default. > > > > > On Oct 19, 7:56 am, Timbo <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, that's me. I'm on the list in digest mode. So I don't catch > > > > every conversation. > > > > > > I did contribute this Python parser to Codemirror a while ago. It is > > > > ok for most things. I haven't brought it up because I'm still trying > > > > to work through some annoyances. Maybe this is my perfectionism > > > > speaking. After all, Skulpt is already using it. > > > > > > I don't like how it handles indentation (note the section on strict > > > > errors). It should not error there but I made it error to work > around > > > > an implementation difficulty. Also it barely handles context like > the > > > > CodeMirror Javascript parser does fully. I've began redoing the > > > > parser properly but I always hit an infinite loop that I can't find. > > > > So I've kinda given up on it for now. Every few weeks I take another > > > > look at it and get frustrated by that same stinking infinite loop. > > > > > > Aside from that...I have used Codemirror Python to edit quite a few > > > > Python files and it doesn't suffer from the ghosting and other > > > > weirdness that EditArea has. I do miss code folding that I have in a > > > > native editor, but one thing at a time. Is Amy Editor still > massively > > > > slow? Does it lose highlighting sync like EditArea? I haven't used > > > > it much. > > > > > > I've kinda been holding out for Bespin. So far Bespin is supposed to > > > > migrate to a style of syntax highlighter that codemirror uses, but > I'm > > > > not sure if that ever happened. If they want it to be successful, it > > > > will be a necessity in my eyes. > > > > > > If you want to put it in the admin, I have no problems. It might be > > > > good to get some more eyes on it since I don't know how widely it is > > > > used. > > > > > > -tim > > > > > > On Oct 16, 8:41 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > I did not know about this project and I think the author is the > same > > > > > Tim as this list. Tim, are you? > > > > > > > Unfortunately, it does not work well for me (Firefox on Mac). > > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > > On Oct 16, 6:22 am, Vasile Ermicioi <elff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > EditArea that is used is very annoying ... Often in copy paste > operations I > > > > > > am getting unexpected results in the editor.I would propose to > switch to > > > > > > CodeMirrorhttp:// > marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/contrib/python/index.html > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Benigno <bca...@albendas.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > LoL, didnt know this project, it was a good laugh to use Vi > right on > > > > > > > the screen... > > > > > > > > > I love and use Vim all the time, but my personal opinion is > that not > > > > > > > so many people would be delighted with the idea to start with, > but > > > > > > > whats more important, the people that use Vim, ussually just > skip > > > > > > > straight away using the editor in web2py and access the files > from > > > > > > > their own vim, with their own vimrc and plugins setup to their > liking, > > > > > > > and at the least of cases use "It's all text" or something > similar to > > > > > > > edit things in their favourite editor. > > > > > > > > > Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have it there, its just that if > I have > > > > > > > to choose between someone putting their effort on this or > putting it > > > > > > > on.... say T4, I am dead on T4. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 16, 5:34 am, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Might be a nice extension for the admin editor: > > > > > > >http://gpl.internetconnection.net/vi/-Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. 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