vSciTE (visual SciTE)

[bladem2003]

I'm working on a project, I call it vSciTE (visual SciTE). It's in an early alpha phase. Currently, there's a sidebar with an explorer, a function list, and bookmarks. The right-click menu has an add/include function and a search function. It's completely in dark mode and uses custom tabs. There's a menu bar with the most important functions for SciTE run, compile, tidy, syntax check, block comment, stream comment, debug to message box, debug to console, jump to function, open explorer in script directory, open include, and more. On the left side, there are buttons to add and remove bookmarks, and there's also a button to fold or expand everything.

It's based on a modified version of SciTE 5.5.8.

What do you think? Is it worth pursuing further? Would it be an asset to the forum?

 

Edited 2 hours ago by bladem2003

[argumentum]

SciTE is open source and so is Scintilla. The big question is: are you going to have yours open sourced, because that would be nice.

And why do you call it virtual SciTE 🤔 

[bladem2003]

You're right, Visual SciTE is better. My thought was that it's similar to Visual Studio. I actually wanted some feedback first on whether it's worth pursuing further.

Of course, I've considered releasing it as open source, but that depends on whether anyone actually needs it. My programming style isn't the best, but it works.

[argumentum]

All I use is SciTE. To have one that looks like VSCode, might as well use VSCode.
To have a SciTE that can "dark mode" it's very welcomed.
To have a clue of how the source works would invite to collaboration if a feature is desired to present an idea, and the code that makes it work. It makes it easier for the maintainer ( you ) and not just been nagged about the implementation. And that's the idea in having access to the changes you made to the original code.

[bladem2003]

It's completely programmed in AutoIt. The changes in the SciTE source code are to better integrate it into the GUI. My question is, do you need this? If you're happy with SciTE as it is, then you don't need it, and I can save myself the work. I just wanted to know if it makes sense for me to continue pursuing this. I've been working on it for some time now, and it's still in alpha for me. So, after a long time of programming, I just wanted to know if anyone needs it. I can give you the SciTE source code, but it has nothing to do with the actual program code. The changes are that I've deactivated the scrollbars and implemented my own in AutoIt, as well as changing the color of the split window (SciTEWindowContent).

[argumentum]

..am happy with what I use, but am just the 1st to answer your post, so what I say is from just one user  

[WildByDesign]

55 minutes ago, argumentum said:

To have a SciTE that can "dark mode" it's very welcomed.

I agree 100%. There are still quite a few SciTE users in the forum. I know that you can add themes and such to the regular SciTE, but it's not nearly the same as a full "dark mode" like this.

37 minutes ago, bladem2003 said:

It's completely programmed in AutoIt.

This makes it quite special and exciting. If there are any SciTE die-hard users who are also preferring a good dark mode editor, the fact that you've got this coded in AutoIt opens things up for more of those users to potentially help you add more features. I think that it definitely has great potentially and it looks fantastic.

1 hour ago, bladem2003 said:

What do you think? Is it worth pursuing further? Would it be an asset to the forum?

To answer these questions, I think that more feedback will be needed from more users to get a better idea.