Hello,
I am thinking of embedding a text editor in Firebug. I searched around
if somebody has already done or people actually need it? There were a
few queries regarding it but was never taken forward as an embedded
editor. I think, it provides APIs for integration with external text
editors though. I did not find a free and lightweight editor with it.
I have heard about Aptana but did not like it due to it "heaviness"
and having to load and run Eclipse everytime I needed to edit a
script.
Right now, in-place editing DOM/CSS/JS ("LiveCoder" extension for JS)
can be done through text boxes. This is ok to get the work done but
may not be very easy (and intuitive?). It would be great if the
editor, if linked to the actual file (on local filesystem or using
WebDav/sftp/ftp), is able to save the contents to the actual file.
"Live editing" makes much more sense from the perspective of an IDE.
Some benefits that I see for an embedded editor are:
* Easy to edit and apply changes
* Natural environment to edit text, related to above
* Ability to save file contents to the physical file.
* Firebug getting close to being an IDE for web development. (Is it
too much to ask from Firebug)
* Reduces development time by cutting down editing time with in-place
editing. We dont loose data. We dont have to switch tabs to edit
relevant source files.
* A speculation: Possibly faster load times of text in an editor
buffer for large JS library files.
Does this make sense to you? What is the best choice for embedding
one? Scintilla looks like a very solid candidate. It is being used in
Notepad++ and Komodo Edit.
Ajit
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