Let me say that I had no intention of bashing the mini. I love how it's
coming along, I used it alot and eventually it'll be the app to use.
Oh, the Mini is incomplete, that much is true, but it says so on the package. I don't think we can expect a alpha release of a experimental editor to measure up to The Two Big Editors I Dare Not Mention In Fear Of Getting Executed Over The Order I mention Them In ;¬).
> I think [Ctrl] + [Tab] should work for buffer switching
Doesn't work here...
No? I just made sure it does on my Xp laptop. I'd call that a bug if it doesn't work for you.
> and you can
> highlight using [shift ] + [cursor keys], then copy&paste using the
> regular hotkeys, or am I missing something?
No, that's better than I remembered...
There was a very early release where copy-paste-cut had non standard shortcuts, at least on Windows they were. Perhaps you only tested a very, very early one?
What we shouldn't forget is that the big editors are intimidating, writing your own syntax highlighting file is a non-trivial task if ChucK is the first programing language you see and the Mini also saves non-hardcore computer users from the terrors of the command line.
Even in it's modest current state I think the Mini has a place where it's the tool of choice already.
Well it's hard to live without search. Forgot goto-line. Also more
integration like click on error/warning in console and goto the exact
place in editor (open file if not open) would be good for the mini.
Yes! I requested that too, a lot more could be done with the integration, not just for traditional things but also chuck specific matters. *cough*cs style running code editing*cough*
That's gonna be hard to beat :-)
Well, Spencer *did* mention that's on his list....
Sure. But other things that can be done with vanilla chuck + scripting
(simple bash will do) are hard to to in any one ide.
Indeed, I use .bat files to call ChucK code with suitable settings for the buffer and multiple outs. Still, you can send system calls using ChucK (I think it's called
STD.system() ) and so call BASH or whatever so that could be done from the Mini as well, if needed or desired.
Yours,
Kas.