| Mac editors / development environment [message #32279] |
Mon, 30 September 2002 16:15  |
Doug Rowland
Messages: 12
Registered: March 2002
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I'm starting a new IDL project on Mac OS X and was wondering if anyone
can help me with suggestions for a good development environment / editor.
The caveat handed down by my employer:
No "weird"/*NIX software. Make it mainstream. Don't worry about
spending a little money.
My background is mostly amateur software development, using vi and IDL
on Solaris.
I have a copy of BBEdit Lite, but haven't found a language module.
Mostly, I want a "mainstream" editor that knows about IDL, at least as
far as syntax coloring. I am also looking for a "mainstream" version
control / documentation system. My ideal would be something like
Project Builder that knows about IDL.
Thanks.
Doug
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| Re: Mac editors / development environment [message #32331 is a reply to message #32279] |
Wed, 02 October 2002 13:57  |
Gary Swift
Messages: 2
Registered: November 2001
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Doug Rowland wrote:
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> I'm starting a new IDL project on Mac OS X and was wondering if anyone
> can help me with suggestions for a good development environment / editor.
> [snip]...
> My background is mostly amateur software development, using vi and IDL
> on Solaris.
> [snip]...
> Mostly, I want a "mainstream" editor that knows about IDL, at least as
> far as syntax coloring.
Hello Doug,
If you are a vi user you should love vim and its GUI version, gvim.
A syntax file to color code IDL code in gvim is available called idlang.vim.
When I first installed vim/gvim I believe I had to go looking for an IDL
syntax file, but I gather from the current FAQ that idlang.vim is now
included in the distribution (with ~200 other syntax files). If you get
vim/gvim and it doesn't have idlang.vim, let me know and I'll throw a copy
over the wall to you. Vim/gvim are also on the "Companion" (freeware) CD
in the Solaris distribution. I would think these would qualify as "mainstream"
because they work just like vi, only better.
See:
http://www.vim.org/
Mac versions aren't on the Vim ftp site, but pointers to OSX versions here:
http://www.vim.org/download.php#mac
--gary
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| Re: Mac editors / development environment [message #32354 is a reply to message #32279] |
Tue, 01 October 2002 19:36 |
Craig Markwardt
Messages: 1869
Registered: November 1996
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David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> writes:
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> P.S. Let's just say that in my NEXT life, I'm going
> to learn EMACS and John Madden's NFL Football before
> I'm old enough to shave. That way I'll be pretty much
> set to be a successful businessman and father. :-)
Hi David--
While I am by no means an Emacs neophyte, I have seen many beginners
get along fine in Emacs using just the menus. I must (sheepishly)
admit that I mostly use the idlwave mode for the indentation
capabilities, which is highly valuable in and of itself. I am pretty
adept at Emacs but I admit that the Control Escape Doodah sequences
can be daunting.
Craig
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| Re: Mac editors / development environment [message #32366 is a reply to message #32279] |
Tue, 01 October 2002 08:57 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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JD Smith (jdsmith@as.arizona.edu) writes:
> I'll just chime in like a dully familiar choral refrain in a drawn out
> opera: IDLWAVE for Emacs might just be what you're looking for
> (idlwave.org).
Speaking as someone who is probably too old to learn
EMACS now (and never frustrated enough with the ol'
IDLDE editor to justify the couple of weeks it might
take to learn it when I was younger and more open to
good suggestions), I would say that if I was mentoring
a young colleague that I wouldn't let him near a
computer until he learned EMACS (and maybe VI if
I was feeling especially ornery).
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say that in my NEXT life, I'm going
to learn EMACS and John Madden's NFL Football before
I'm old enough to shave. That way I'll be pretty much
set to be a successful businessman and father. :-)
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David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Mac editors / development environment [message #32367 is a reply to message #32279] |
Tue, 01 October 2002 09:01 |
thompson
Messages: 584
Registered: August 1991
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Doug Rowland <rowland@fields.space.umn.edu> writes:
> I'm starting a new IDL project on Mac OS X and was wondering if anyone
> can help me with suggestions for a good development environment / editor.
> The caveat handed down by my employer:
> No "weird"/*NIX software. Make it mainstream. Don't worry about
> spending a little money.
> My background is mostly amateur software development, using vi and IDL
> on Solaris.
> I have a copy of BBEdit Lite, but haven't found a language module.
> Mostly, I want a "mainstream" editor that knows about IDL, at least as
> far as syntax coloring. I am also looking for a "mainstream" version
> control / documentation system. My ideal would be something like
> Project Builder that knows about IDL.
> Thanks.
> Doug
I suggest Emacs, which has an IDL mode available for it. In fact, doesn't a
version of Emacs ship with Mac OS X? I believe there's also an Aqua version
out there. I don't know what your boss thinks is "weird" or "mainstream", but
Emac's pretty mainstream in the Unix world, and runs on every platform I've
encountered.
William Thompson
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