On Sunday, 21 May 2017 at 11:27:19 UTC, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
Coedit is actually by far my favorite IDE for D testing and
debugging.
I liked it immediately after I saw that it doesn't need to
create a project if all you need it compile and test a small D
script.
I know I can create a project, but for tiny projects I don't
use it on purpose, despite I personally prefer to have only one
file per class, because projects tie the source code
compilation to a particular IDE.
All my tools can be compiled with "dmd xxx.d", which is really
as simple as it can possibly be.
I know that "dmd aaa.d bbb.d ccc.ddd ..." works too, but as
long as my scripts are just a few hundreds of lines of code
long, I'm ok with that.
My only concerns with Coedit are a few usability problems when
editing the code.
By default :
* When I copy a block of code, I have to select it from the end
of the previous line, or else the inserted code indentation
goes wrong.
Indeed.
* When doing a find and replace, Coedit replaces the next
occurrence despite I don't see it and I'm not sure I want to
replace it, instead of the one highlighted under the cursor,
which I'm totally sure I want to replace.
There's a checkbox that allows to activate prompts when a match
is found.
* A closing brace is automatically inserted at the wrong
position and with a unwanted blank line if I put enter to
insert a missing closing brace.
I'm not sure, but I think the case is the following :
{
{
{
}<- editor bugs if I put enter to manually add the
missing brace on the next line
}
This feature is still a bit dumb when you're in the middle of
existing code.
When writing new code it works fine. It can be fully deactivated
by the bye.
I encounter this issue as well but very occasionally.
* The regular expressions are always enabled by default when
searching text.
It doesn't mean that you have to fill the search field with a
REGEX. It means that you CAN type one but it's not a requirement
! Plain text will be searched in a standard way, whatever is the
state of the "Allow regex" option, which means "contains text" or
"exact text" depedning on the "whole word" option.
* When I change some preferences, Coedit only keeps them until
the next restart.
That would be surprising. Please open an issue for this or let's
talk on IRC.
I don't mind posting my usability remarks on your Github
You should really. My level of satisfaction is not universal.
Without feedback it'll stay specialized for my own usage.
