Suggestion for IDE

bowerandy

@atilim, in most IDEs it is very easy to find definitions and references to variables, classes etc. Obviously, because of the dynamic nature of Lua this is somewhat harder but something that would go a long way towards helping out (and would be easy to add, I think) would be a right click context menu in the editor to do a "Find in Files" of the currently selected text.

That way, if I want to find where a particular variable (field) or class is defined/referenced in my project I can simply double click over the item and then right-click and choose "Find in Files". I find I'm doing this a lot right now using the Edit menu item but this isn't ideal because one has to type in the text to find and choose the options first.

best regards

alexzheng

my current operations:
double click -> ctrl + c ->ctrl + shift + f -> ctrl + v ->enter

if I can do it as, double click -> ctrl + shift + f -> enter, it will make me happy,and implement this will not take @atilim more than one minute.

bowerandy

@alexzheng, how about if Find in Files skips the dialog if there is any selected text in the editor, it could use Match Case and Whole Word options by default. That way the operation could be double-click -> ctrl+shift+f and no need for the enter key.

Although I'd still quite like the operation on the context menu too if possible because that would avoid having to switch from mouse to kbd.

Best regards

alexzheng

Yes, I agree with you :-))

I'm used to some other editors like Notepad++, and UltraEdit, they paste the selected text into the find or replace dialog automatically, some also have a context menu option.

I also miss the replace in files

AhBadiane

Why not use ZeroBrane editor ?
The new version is top : https://github.com/pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio.git

bowerandy

@AhBadiane, as you probably know (because I push it on these forums regularly) I do use ZeroBrane Studio for debugging and it is, as you say, tops. However, because it doesn't understand the native Gideros project format it makes it difficult to work on a day-to-day basis with projects that span multiple directories and to add/delete files etc.

best regards

AhBadiane

@bowerandy, ok I understood

paulclinger

@bowerandy, I hear you . Symbol and project navigation improvements are coming...

atilim

@bowerandy I know I cannot put enough interest on IDE but I've noted these suggestions.

@paulclinger yay!

moopf

@atilim - As I said in a previous thread when the IDE came up, open source it then you can get on with the important stuff and others can develop the IDE further. The IDE isn't where the important IP for Gideros Studio is, so let it go.

talis

@moopf i totaly agree with you but just a correction:
-Gideros Studio is the name of IDE as far as i know

Atilim Said : http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/22230#Comment_22230

If possible, can we create a page like "Gideros (game development environment)" or something like it instead of "Gideros Studio"? Because with the new web page, we'll change the name of the product as "Gideros" and refer "Gideros Studio" only as IDE.

Maybe creating a new wikipedia page from scratch and providing good links prevents deletion of it?

GregBreinholt

Can you enable HPPI screen support in the IDE?
See the attached screenshot, when using on a 14" 3200x1800 pixel Razer Blade.

Menu text scales, but the toolbar icons are way too small, and the buttons and lists are messed up.

This probably doe snot affect too many users (yet), but as HPPI screens become more popular, supporting the standard Windows screen scaling would be good.

SinisterSoft

I have the same problem on my Intel laptop too (3200x1800 screen).

antix

@SinisterSoft - nice, what make/model is your laptop? 3200x1800 sounds like a very nice resolution

For the IDE I would love if the "localhost" tickbox for the player could be on the toolbar, it's annoying to have to go into menus everytime I want to switch between player and device. Also if local player is selected and the play button is pressed, the player should be popped to front. It/'s also annoying having to click that to front every time.

As for the IDE its' self I would like if there was another pane on the left side listing the variables and functions in the currently active LUA file. DoubleClick on any item would take you to it in the file, so moving about large LUA files would be easier. You could also add RightClick and rename function, along with refactoring also.

Of course these are just wishes but maybe one day...

SinisterSoft

It's an intel prototype.

I agree with your IDE recommendations - a radio type button in the toolbar would be good. Also if the player is already started then pressing the player button shouldn't start a new player.

I'm not that bothered about the variables/functions thing, it would be nice if the find worked properly though. It should also ask you if you want to restart from the top if nothing found.

antix

@SinisterSoft - very nice. It took me some time to find a laptop that had even 1920x1080, I really don't know how the masses would ever put up with 1366x768 as a standard screen resolution.

I agree about the player button too, sometimes I end-up with more than one local player

paulclinger

> As for the IDE its' self I would like if there was another pane on the left side listing the variables and functions in the currently active LUA file. DoubleClick on any item would take you to it in the file, so moving about large LUA files would be easier. You could also add RightClick and rename function, along with refactoring also.

@antix, you can do this in ZeroBrane Studio (http://studio.zerobrane.com) if you use the Outline tab that shows the list of all functions in a file (or open files). This also shows functions defined as "{foo = function() end}". You can't rename the function from the Outline itself, but you can Ctrl-DblClick on a variable in a file and the IDE will select all instances of that variable (paying attention to its scope); more details here: http://notebook.kulchenko.com/zerobrane/scope-aware-variable-indicators-zerobrane-studio. Paul.

antix

@paulclinger - I haven't yet tried this in zerobrane studio. I used it when I was trying corona and while I liked it, it seemed a bit fiddley to make it work with Gideros. Gideros Studio worked right out of the box without any messing about. Gideros Studio Aldo knows how to parse .gproj files too which gives it a definite edge IMHO.

I still have ZeroBrane installed to open old corona projects to salvage code from them

keszegh

@antix, i think spending 1 hour on getting to know and calibrate zb is easily worth the effort, for me the workflow is way faster with zb then it was with gideros studio (function list, debugging etc). btw you can edit directly the gproj file, like adding a new file to your project, which most of the time is enough.

antix

@Keszegh - is there some tutorial on getting ZB working with the windows player and device player? I find that being able to switch between running on the device and the player with a few clicks is fantastic.

keszegh

@antix, seems like you are asking the perfect person about that, see my tutorial:
http://www.indiedb.com/tutorials/gideros-with-zerobrane
especially the last part about
"Setup multiple devices for instant on-device testing and debugging"

(it's actually truly one-click switching while in gideros studio you have to go into the appropriate menu so it's slower)

antix

@Keszegh - Okay thanks, checked it out and cool, it works. However I don't have the "jump to function def" dropdown list in the toolbar. Is there something I need to add or modify to get that?

keszegh

@antix, in the latest ZBS version check the item in "menu/view/outline window" to see function list. this makes the older 'jump to function def' dropdown obsolete.
I edited the tutorial too, thanks for noting.

antix

@Keszegh - Okay I see that in the View menu, however it's greyed out. What is required to enable it?

keszegh

@antix, i don't know, check that you have a project open and a lua file of that project open in the editor. and perhaps you should check that the interpreter is set to gideros (menu/project/lua interpreter/gideros). if these don't work, than maybe @paulclinger can give you more help.

paulclinger

@antix, the Outline tab is next to the Project tab, so you can click on it to make it visible. The item in the View menu is greyed out because it only toggles it when it's undocked (you can click on a tab and drag it out to position in a different place).

antix

@paulclinger - what the total heck! I have never even noticed that little "outline" tab docked there, all hidden out of the way and such. Hmm, very nice! Got it all working now so thanks to you and Keszegh too

It really is a fantastic feature and it would be so good if it was implemented in Gideros Studio (which needs a lot of love)

paulclinger

@antix, good to hear it's working well for you. There are also several outline-related config settings, as some users prefer seeing it as a flat list or being sorted (instead of shown in the order of their appearance in the document) and so on: http://studio.zerobrane.com/doc-general-preferences#outline

antix

@paulclinger - thanks. I think I will leave it as is as I tend to group all my functions together with like functions so that default behavior works well for me