[CM] new CodeEditor and SAL 2.0
Heinrich Taube
taube at uiuc.edu
Sun Mar 21 05:47:57 PDT 2010
i have an alpha version 3.6.0 with most of the new code editor and
sal2 in place. testing/feedback would be greatly appreciated!
http://camil.music.uiuc.edu/software/grace/grace-3.6.0-alpha1.zip
(ill add windows and linux builds as i get them working )
new editor features :
fast loading and highlighting even for very large files
fast motion by expression (emacs c-m-f and c-m-b)
improved syntactic indentation for scheme and sal2
per-buffer customizations (fontsize, columns, lines, theme) saved in
buffer comment
SAL2 is a simpler, minimalist version of Sal, basicially infix
expressions and function calling with a few control statements (if
begin loop set)
to try it out use
Help>Tutorials>Sal 2.0 Quick Tour
that will open a new code editor window in Sal2 mode with examples of
every construct.
rewriting the code editor has been a huge undertaking and not
everything is working yet, it seems farily stable now but expect
problems
editor themes still in progress
only scheme and sal2 (no sal or fomus syntax yet)
no sal2 loading
no Find/Repalce
no parens matching
known editor issues:
files with tabs wont indent well unless you actually delete the
current white space before you indent the line
evaluating region will still parse expressions
a scheme expr in first position of buffer wonnt indent right.
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