Thank you Sunish, I also think you are the best man for this project! On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:20 AM vasi vasi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, I'm using Visual Studio Code in developing STM32 projects. My Visual > Pin Configurator application generates projects for VSCode, including the > required configuration files in the hidden folder needed by VSCode. For Jal > I use Geany IDE, but no problem in switching to an already very familiar > IDE. > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:01 AM Sunish Issac <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Rob, >> >> I have already started to work on it, trying hard to understand the nitty >> gritties. >> >> IIRC I had posted about it long back stating that would be the way to go. >> Yes JS/Node knowledge etc is required. We can start with syntax >> highlighting and gradually add other features. >> >> I'm in, though I would be able to work in a limited way only on weekends. >> We can setup a repo on jaliib and start to work, my git and jal >> experience is too limited and now with age, learning speed is again limited >> :-) >> >> But I'm all for going ahead with making a jal extension for VSCode. >> >> Kind regards, >> Sunish >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 10:27 PM RobJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> This message was posted on Jallist and Jallib. >>> >>> I have the following suggestion and am looking for somebody who wants to >>> pick up the challenge. >>> >>> Nowadays we have 2 JAL Editors/Integrated Development Environments, >>> JalEdit and JALIDE from the hard work of Sunish and Despx. >>> >>> The 'problem' is that these are Windows based and we also have Linux and >>> MAC users. Next to that time has passed and so there are new options we can >>> explore. >>> >>> It was suggested some time ago to use Notepad++. I did some tests with >>> syntax highlighting and starting the compiler from Notepad++ and that >>> partly works but it not the solution. It remains a text editor. >>> >>> So here my suggestion: >>> >>> We should create a JAL IDE using Visual Studio Code. It is free, multi >>> platform (Windows, Linux. Mac) and offers a lot of features like: >>> -) A very nice editor made for writing programs >>> -) Syntax highlighting >>> -) Snippits (not sure if we need them) >>> -) Intellisense (autocomplete) >>> -) Scripts (I assume we can start the compiler using these) >>> >>> You can make your own JAL extension to make it exactly matching the JAL >>> programming language. Once you have this you can make the extension public >>> and share it with the rest of the world via the extensions market place. >>> And if you want you can install all kind of extensions yourself, e.g. code >>> beautifiers that nicely indent your code. >>> >>> See: https://code.visualstudio.com/ >>> >>> The only issue is that you need Javascript knowledge to make the JAL >>> extension (if I understood that right) and there is some code generation >>> possible but you have to build the customization yourself. This is not my >>> field of expertise (yet). >>> >>> Up to know I think this is the best jAL IDE alternative covering all >>> platforms with a very professional user interface and user experience. >>> >>> So I was wondering if there is anybody who wants to pick up the >>> challenge of creating a Visual Studio Code JAL extension. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "jallib" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/2af87fd0-b018-49af-9681-651b6846e3b7o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/2af87fd0-b018-49af-9681-651b6846e3b7o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "jallib" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/CAFGw2pFbx4jRkm%3DpveHvSKOc14h3woE5ASJiwwUGg2iyyuSfMw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/CAFGw2pFbx4jRkm%3DpveHvSKOc14h3woE5ASJiwwUGg2iyyuSfMw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Vasi > -- Vasi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jallib/CABsDq%3D8Tqgpb74tMqZNteZ7_v8okLziYJZKtjEFDv0oM0gofEQ%40mail.gmail.com.
