script editor

[sshrum]

<----- SciTE

^----- other editors

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I've been using Crimson Editor for a while now. I just tried SciTE and maybe I'm missing something but the only thing in SciTE that I liked (marginally) was the lines on function / subroutine indention.

I was hoping for the autocomplete that I saw on the website but it wasn't doing that when I typed.

Someone needs to sell me SciTE from a Crimson Editor user standpoint otherwise, Crimson Editor works for me.

[Jos]

I was hoping for the autocomplete that I saw on the website but it wasn't doing that when I typed.

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Should work without having to do anything when you run the Scite4Autoit3 installer ......

[Lazycat]

No offence to Icekirby1 but IMO NET programs the worst case from end user point of view.

It's required monstrous framework, but even when you have it, programs loading up to half minute, and they unstable and damn slow while working! I'm seen enough NET programs, but no good ones... so I'm avoid using them anymore. Only chance for such programs if they do something really unique...

But I'm not try to stop you. Writing it will be learning challenge for you, independently will be it usefull or not.

BTW I use EditPlus (seen nobody here with the same preference...) and only usefull thing that it missed in compare with Scite - intellisense. But for me this not enough to change editor

[lookfar]

Some guy made an AutoIt3 editor called AutoEd.

It looks like that project is dead.

It's been a while since we heard from him.

Search for that topic and add all the features that are in that application.

If you succeed, I'll use it.

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Nah, It's not dead, just resting...raising a family and paying the bills comes before hobby's.

I did incorporate a few more features like project management but I am going to to a complete re-write and use the editor for the AutoIt form designer I am working on.

[Josbe]

Nah, It's not dead, just resting...raising a family and paying the bills comes before hobby's.

I did incorporate a few more features like project management but I am going to to a complete re-write and use the editor for the AutoIt form designer I am working on.

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It's good to know that...I have had good expectations from your Editor.

[SlimShady]

Yeah, great.

[Richard Robertson]

Wow there were a bunch of replies since I last got here. I have been running my .NET programs here on the school computers but they work just fine. And these computers really suck. I am glad to see some people have a bit nicer comments though.

[SlimShady]

This is a part of what I would like to see.

I have a headache so I don't feel like doing much right now....

I'll update this later.

Features I'd like to see in an editor:

- Add/edit/delete tools

  * ability to capture output, not only capture but also show output during runtime. (Output generated by the ConsoleWrite() function, Au3Check, AutoIt3 + /ErrorStdOut, etc..

  * ability to change hotkeys for the tools (with hotkey control)

  * Parse Au3Check and AutoIt3 + /ErrorStdOut output so you can double click an error to jump to the line

  * working directory

  * ability to use variables for the commands: filename, filedir, filename without extension, selected text, current word, current line

- hotkey for the AutoIt3 help file

- macros. To generate a debug msgbox or add a ConsoleWrite + execute script

- find in files, replace in files. useful but not necessary

- regular expression search, replace

- find, replace in selected text

[zcoacoaz]

i guess some people just dont like SciTE, the thought still freaks me out

[Richard Robertson]

Hotkey for AutoIt help file would be simple, find and replace is simple with the way my richtextbox is colored, macros wouldn't be hard, and by adding tools I believe you mean on a toolbar?

A couple questions though, what do you mean by:

* ability to capture output, not only capture but also show output during runtime. (Output generated by the ConsoleWrite() function, Au3Check, AutoIt3 + /ErrorStdOut, etc..

* Parse Au3Check and AutoIt3 + /ErrorStdOut output so you can double click an error to jump to the line

* working directory

* ability to use variables for the commands: filename, filedir, filename without extension, selected text, current word, current line

- regular expression search, replace

If you could clarify, I'm sure they could make it in there.

The other ones are nice suggestions, I didn't even think of find/replace text.

[sshrum]

I WAS using Crimson Editor for AutoIT scripts but now I see the advantage of SciTe4AutoIT.

I especially like:

1. the tie in with the AutoIT help file (highlight a keyword and press F1)

2. the intellitext/autocompletion feature

3. the 'Compile with options' feature that remembers where the compiled EXE goes

4. the ability the launch scripts from within the editor

5. the collapsible function/routine feature

With about 10 hours of SciTe use under my belt, I can honestly say that it needs to implement the following items; AKA: What I miss the most from Crimson Editor.

1. Search and replace across open files

2. Save all

3. Close all

4. Increase/decrease indent

5. Insert/Remove comment

I'll probably come up with more later but I figured I'd vent a little. :-)

Edited March 3, 2005 by sshrum

[Valik]

1.  Search and replace across multple open files

Not sure on this, I'm thinking architectural designs with SciTE prevent this.

2.  Save All

Buffer menu.

3.  Increase / decrease indent

Errr, tab key or shit-tab?

4.  Insert/Remove comment

Ctrl+Q (Default) or Edit->Block Comment or Uncomment

[MHz]

All the builtin command keys of Scite, can be found in the Scite Help. Look at Contents, and choose Scite Documention. Just browse down to the Keyboard Commands heading. Alot of tips etc. are located in that page.

[sshrum]

Sweet...thanks for the info.

Oh...another thing. I really wish somebody, anybody would develop for this:

1. User-definable right click popup menus!

(tell me there's a way to do this with SciTe and I'll delete Crimson Editor off my drive!)

There are a number of things that I use alot...granted, not everyone else uses the same program features with the same frequency that I do but I would love to be able to define a custom set of existing commands into the right click popup menu.

Valik: hehe "Errr, tab key or shit-tab?". I mean being able to highlight a block of code and being able to tab (or untab) all of it in one move. I just figured it out. You can do this...my mindset would have me believe that highlighting a block and hitting the tab key would delete the text but in SciTe it block indents; use shit-tab to un-indent.

[MHz]

1.  User-definable right click popup menus!

(tell me there's a way to do this with SciTe and I'll delete Crimson Editor off my drive!)

I would not expect this to happen. Scite itself, can operate from an extracted zip file. So it is unlikely that scintilla would add this feature. As for anyone at Autoit doing this, it would need to be justified. Scite4Autoit3 already has command keys and hotkeys that cover quite everything. You can right-click on a tab, and the tools will be in the context menu.

[Jos]

I would not expect this to happen.

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Nah.. It already happened

I have it working with the current SciTE CVS version.

user.context.menu:

Define additional commands for the context menu. This is a '|' delimited list of menu items and the commands they produce with commands defined as in user.shortcuts. An empty item produces a separator.

user.context.menu=\

||\

Next File|IDM_NEXTFILE|\

Prev File|IDM_PREVFILE|

Edited March 3, 2005 by JdeB

[SlimShady]

Hotkey for AutoIt help file would be simple, find and replace is simple with the way my richtextbox is colored, macros wouldn't be hard, and by adding tools I believe you mean on a toolbar?

A couple questions though, what do you mean by:

[..]

If you could clarify, I'm sure they could make it in there.

The other ones are nice suggestions, I didn't even think of find/replace text.

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Those are all part of the section "Add/edit/delete tools".

[MHz]

Nah..  It already happened 

I have it working with the current SciTE CVS version.

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Added 2 weeks ago to CVS. sshrum is blessed.

[Valik]

Nah..  It already happened 

I have it working with the current SciTE CVS version.

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What planet was I on when Neil comitted that to CVS, I wonder? I only vaguely remember this...

[Jos]

What planet was I on when Neil comitted that to CVS, I wonder?  I only vaguely remember this...

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PE Header.... I say no more.... Edited March 3, 2005 by JdeB