Roger Eller wrote: > On Feb 21, 2017 9:28 PM, "Richard Gaskin via use-livecode" wrote: > >> It's always exciting to see new ground explored with inter-app >> communications, but with script editors I find myself wondering: >> >> Why not use LC's? >> >> If it's not on par with alternatives and for some reason can't be >> made to be on par, why don't we just ship LC with an appropriately- >> licensed editor, allow hooks like the ones discussed here for any >> other editor folks might want, and spend the development time we >> used to spend on LC's editor on other things? > > I'm not what you would call a power user, nor do I need an editor that > handles multiple languages and syntax coloring variations. I like the > truly integrated LC editor just fine. It is great to see users > providing options for those who need more than that.
Options are good. I'm wondering if perhaps we could embrace that more fully.
The SE is a very expensive component to maintain. If we could replace it with a third-party editor, and put a fraction of the time we used to spend maintaining and enhancing the SE into providing a mechanism to use any editor the user prefers, we'd have a better editor in the box and vast options for using other editors, and save development expense along the way.
-- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ 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
