On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:56:25 +0100 Andreas Volz <li...@brachttal.net> said:
> Am Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:55:32 -0500 schrieb Michael Blumenkrantz: > > > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 08:01:52 +0100 > > Andreas Volz <li...@brachttal.net> wrote: > > > > > Am Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:20:01 -0500 schrieb Michael Blumenkrantz: > > > > > > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:13:44 +0100 > > > > Andreas Volz <li...@brachttal.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > how do you prefer to report Editje bugs? > > > > > > > > > > http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/newticket > > > > > > > > > > Here is no component "Editje" available. I'm in fear my tickets > > > > > may be ignored. > > > > > > > > > > So how to report them? > > > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > Andreas > > > > > > > > > editje is unmaintained and dead afaik > > > > > > No, please not! Why? > > > > > > Yesterday on IRC I got some help in code and no info about this. > > > Why do I try to report/fix bugs if editje is dead? :-( > > > > > > I've seen edje_editor dying, I don't like to see the next editor > > > dying. > > > > > > And no, I won't maintain editje as it's written in Python. If it was > > > written in C I would think about it. I would revoke edje_editor > > > before taking over editje. > > > > > > regards > > > Andreas > > > > > Because afaik editje was created on a paid contract. The contract is > > over and nobody is paying to maintain/update it, thus nobody is > > working on it. > > Ok, I just gave up with edje editors for now. :-( > > I'm really annoyed that only half is working and this only buggy. It > was bad to always patch the source. I needed longer than doing in edc. > So I returned to clean structured edc and writing all myself. I now use > editje only for prototyping, saving once as edc and continue with an > editor. > > Maybe an ideal solution would be an editor where you could write edc > code and it underlines errors in the editor while typing. Then after > saving it compiles in background and updates edje result instantly in a > open window. Like as Eclipse does it with Java code. An expert level > editor which really helps! > > Any comments about this idea? > > regards > Andreas frankly i think that an "text editor centric" edje editor is probably the best way to go - as u move the cursor around the editor hilights in a preview the part your cursor is in (for example), as you mention, recompile when u go idle and show in preview, hilight keys, show errors immediately, have "tools" that "insert a part with a pre-made configuration" into the text, etc. not sure what to do with programs etc. but also clicking on keywords like: transition: LINEAR 2.5; when u click transition, LINEAR or 2.5 (or you press some key combo when cursor is over it) it shows some gui popup with a list of available transitions (and preview curves showing the effect they have, and with optional extra params like bounce and spring have) as well as a slider with the time value for quick and dirty setting in the gui to a value. this kind of thing is relatively easy to do as you are mostly writing special handlers for some specific key values (and the params they get), and you can extend and expand the handlers over time. the hard bit will be integrating into an editor somehow. how best to do that? with vim we'd probably have to patch it. for emacs we can probably do this with lisp extensions. :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
