Re: Syntax Highlighting Editor
>On the other hand, I've seen your Editor, and it's quite nice.
>
>EE is basically a combination of the DOS editor and the QBasic editor,
>customized for Euphoria. I've also written the feature-incomplete editor
>that's currently in the IDE. It does have two features I'd love to see in
>your editor:
>
>1. Autocompletion of code blocks. So if you type the start of a code block,
>like "while", it automatically generates the "end while", like this:
>
>Type "while" and press the spacebar:
>
> while _
>
>the "do" and "end while" are automatically filled in:
>
> while _ do
> end while
>
>type the test "flag" and press enter:
>
> while flag _ do
My copy already does this =)
Works just fine for (for/while/if) statements.
>and instead of breaking the line in half, you are placed on the next line,
>indented into the block:
>
> while flag do
> _
> end while
>
Well I did not think of that. Not a half bad idea though. My copy does do
auto-indent now, but I never thought about hitting a ret in the middle of
the auto-complete. Shouldnt be all that hard to code into it though.
>Robert's ED has a similar feature. It's (to my mind) a "must have" feature,
>because once you get used to it, you won't want to go back.
(nods in agreement)
>2. Context-sensitive help. A popup appears to show you the arguments a
>routine expects. This isn't as critical, but it's quite nice. So if you
>type:
>
> if open(_
>
>then a "hint" appears above or below the current line (depending on the
>amount of space available) with something like this:
>
> open( FILENAME, mode )
>
>and when you get to the second arg:
>
> if open( "myfile",
>
>that one is highlit:
>
> open( filename, MODE )
>
>not really essential, but nice and helpful. People used to the MS code
>editors will love you for it.
>
>-- David Cuny
Yeah, I was saving that for version three. Which I have already started on
btw. I am attempting to "reverse engineer" the RichEdit control. My
Syntax2 control used RichEdit, but I coded it for Version 2 (unknowingly)
which left out the version one users. My Syntax3 control is based on
Version 1 since Ver2 & 3 both have Ver1 emulators. It will be able to
handle text size based on which version you have. The better the bigger :P
I am reverting back (or attempting to) because no matter how I code it in
Euphoria, the standard windows controls will always be faster. Also its
quite nice *not* to have to worry about cursors, scroll bars, selections,
fonts, etc. And not only will it be faster, it will be hugely smaller (or
not I guess depending on how much extra features I can pack into it).
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