Chipp:
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Chipp Walters wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thanks for your thoughts. As one who used to use the VBscript editor,
I can offer these observations:
1) Ever since HyperCard first was released, the script editor
'auto-formatted' the scripts. Users are used to this. In fact, when I
first started using VBscript, I saw where the code editor didn't do
this. I know one can manually do it, but it's a lot easier for most of
us to be able to check our repeat/if then/switch statement by just
looking to see if they are properly indented. Removing auto-formatting
is probably something neither RR nor most of the users want. Though it
may be possible to 'turn it off.'
I would LOVE it if the editor auto-formatted, but it does not. It makes
horrid mistakes, all of the time. Try to copy a line, and you
automatically get part of the next line. You have to manually reformat
any time you do an edit. Unless you are using a different editor than I
am, I can see NO WAY you would be satisfied with the current auto-indent
behavior.
2) I agree, there are some 'issues' with the way things are 'live
formatted', but a quick touch of the 'tab' key should autoformat the
code you're working on. Most of us use the tabkey religiously to help
formatting.
Ahah! The Tab key. Who would have thought of trying that?!?
ARRRggggh. Too bad you've not used the VB and Delphi editors: You can
have the best of both worlds if the editor behaved better in manual
mode, and still allowed you to auto-format at the push of a key.
3) Jerry Daniels script editor 'Constellation' www.daniels-mara.com
has many of the features you may be looking for. You may contact him
directly to find out.
While we're editor bashing, I sure wish there was a way to do searches
using function keys. Using the mouse all of the time is hugely slower
than using other program development editors under Windows
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