I probably missed this but you keep referring to "my TE". What is it? Atom?
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015, 7:02 PM Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 2:06 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > wrote: > > > > > On 9/4/2015 2:08 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > > > >> 6) boilerplates > >> I can type in switch and a little popup will come up > >> > > > > >3) more script space, less wasted space > > For this one at least, you can adjust the bottom pane to any height that's > > convenient. I change it frequently depending on what I need to see. > > > > I do too, and I'm very thankful for that ability, what I guess I'd like is > for the IDE to read my mind ;-) or at least just remember some basic > defaults. When I start typing in the Script field, I must be Editing a > script so I'd like the "Errors Pane" to come to the fore and automatically > reduce to two lines - as I've never seen an error that requires more than > two lines. I Save VERY frequently (even when I know my script is in a state > that will produce an error) so the most likely thing that is going to > happen is a compilation error needs to be displayed so I have the Editor > field as large as possible and the Error pane ready to go. When I 'use' my > stack and we hit a breakpoint, clearly I must be in Debugging mode, in > which case my preferences are I only want to see a half dozen lines above > and below the breakpoint, I want to see the Variables so I'd like the > Variable pane to be shown - if there are few variables then show me them > all and the rest of the area can be script, if there are a LOT of Variables > and it's not possible to display every single one of them at least expand > the pane up to the point where my preferred minimum dozen lines of script > are left displayed. > > I appreciate that for some this would be completely annoying but by the > same token I think many would appreciate if those 5 panes (Errors, > Documentation,Variables, Breakpoints, Search Results) had a Preference for > Manual (Exactly the same as now) or Automatic and if you selected Automatic > you could list the minimum number of lines to be displayed in the Script > Editing field respective to each pane, so clicking on the Variables pane > would automatically adjust it's size to display as many Variables as > possible but not so as to reduce the displayed number of lines of your > script below your minimum, and changing to the Breakpoints pane would again > automatically adjust the size of the pane. > > > > Boilerplate is pretty easily added yourself by use of a frontscript.... > > Maybe with enough interest, the frontscript idea could be generalized to > > allow every scripter to add their own boilerplate options, and it could > be > > shipped with LC. > > > Yes, and I think I made mention of this with reference to another item, > it's not that I don't know that I can implement this in LC, it's the fact > that my TE makes it so much easier. The idea of a community driven effort > is a good one. > > And this all boils down to the crux of the issue - I'm bone lazy! ALL the > points that I mention I could script into the IDE for my own personalised > perfection of Script Editing and Debugging; that is the beauty of LC. But > instead of spending the time doing that I find the tool that gets me 95% of > what I want in 1% of the time and I go with that. I just don't have the > time to script all of that when I can double click on my TE Icon and all > those features are available in the blink of an eye. > > And for any List Lurkers out there, please do not get me wrong. I will > happily live without these features in LC's Script Editor because the > reason I use LC is not because of it's script editor. The reason I use LC > is because I NEED it to help me work with reams and reams of disparate data > and LC is the ONLY language that clicks with my brain and allows me to do > far more than I could every have hoped for. For the very minor quibbles I > have with the SE, it is NEVER going to stop me coming back to LC time and > time again to throw together quick and dirty utilities to solve the most > obscure and obtuse problem of the moment, or continuing to improve, modify > and extend a multi-stack behemoth I use weekly in my work that has just > snowballed from something I started about 15 years ago - probably even > longer if I really looked into. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode