| Re: function/procedure/keyword list for use in creating an editor syntax description [message #84846 is a reply to message #84839] |
Thu, 13 June 2013 06:06   |
Andy Sayer
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Thanks for the suggestion; I don't use the Workbench/IDLDE for any coding though. I use a text editor and then run code via command line.
(I'm typically running code on multiple remote machines using different OSs and find it easier to open terminals and do it that way, than use IDLDE. Of course last time I used IDLDE was version 6 or something so it may be different now.)
On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 6:34:38 PM UTC-4, Matt Haffner wrote:
> You don't have to download a version from the Eclipse website. They switched the "Workbench" to Eclipse in v7. Just run the IDLDE application and you'll be using Eclipse with the IDL extensions. It's specifically customized for IDL coding/debugging.
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> If you get interested in using Eclipse for other coding, I'd recommend downloading the Eclipse for C developers and add language modules as needed. It's a version or so ahead of the Eclipse used for IDL.
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> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:02:04 AM UTC-5, AMS wrote:
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>> Hi Fabien,
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>> Thanks for the info; auto-indent and so on are nice features. So maybe I should swap to that on the Windows machine.
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>> But which download from these fourteen is the basic text editor I'd want to use? http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ And is the IDL highlighter included?
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>> I thought maybe this one, although the page doesn't explain too much what is there: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-classic-42 2/junosr2
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>> (Note I don't use Workbench or anything, I compile/run from command line, and also only code in IDL/Fortan/C so don't need bells and whistles or things for other languages.)
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>> Thanks (and sorry for the threadjacking),
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>> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:53:13 AM UTC-4, Fabien wrote:
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>>> Hi Andy,
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>>> On 06/12/2013 03:37 PM, AMS wrote:
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>>>> what is it about Eclipse that means I would want to use it instead?
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>>> Sure, it's a valid question.
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>>> The first argument that comes to mind is that IDL (since V7) is using
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>>> eclipse as out-of-the-box workbench. That means that (at least) a few
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>>> people are thinking about how to integrate best the IDL features into
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>>> the workbench (I hope so;-)).
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>>> Second, Eclipse is Open Source and has been developed and used for many
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>>> many other languages, so it is well known and still an active project.
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>>> It is organized in "views" and "projects" and supports SVN (usually very
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>>> easily but with IDL it is sometimes a pain :()
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>>> Third, (this is where your own habits or tastes comes into the game), it
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>>> has cool features and shortcuts. I like how fast I can navigate in the
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>>> code using CTRL+F3 for example, I like auto-completion (CTRL+Space), I
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>>> like the auto-indenting (CTRL+SHIFT+F), and many other small things.
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>>> What Eclipse doesn't have is Emacs-Style programming (not to my
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>>> knowledge, but possibly someone made something similar happen in eclipse
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>>> The third point is where other people might find it faster to use
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>>> another editor... But I always wonder why, so I am asking ;-)
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>>> Cheers,
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>>> Fab
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