Re: New IDE feature in master

[Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/23/24 09:48, Bruce Steers wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 at 15:39, Benoît Minisini 
> <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I added a configuration folder in the project tree.
>
>     If you put a Gambas highlighting definition file in that folder, then
>     you will be able to use it in a new "property" tab in the file
>     information dialog of project directories.
>
>     Then, all files located in that directory or in any child
>     directory will
>     be highlighted with that definition file.
>
>     In the future, I plan to support configuration folders (the name
>     would
>     be '.gambas.conf') in the parent directories of the project, so that
>     several projects can share the same configuration.
>
>     Then we can imagine put a lot of things in that folders: colors,
>     shared
>     configuration, IDE extensions, whatever you imagine. I'm just against
>     full scripts, because I'm afraid of Gambas project covid.
>
>     Tell me what you think about that.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     -- 
>     Benoît Minisini.
>
>
> ooh , IDE Extensions you say :)
> I like the sound of that.
>
> Don't worry about infection. just add an isolation switch (disable all 
> extensions) so we can determine if bugs still exists without the 
> extensions running.
>
> list any loaded extensions in the system information dialog so you can 
> see if any are being used and tell people,, disable the extensions and 
> see if bug persists.
>
> I like it when i can remove my modifications from the ide. like i did 
> yesterday. for some time now my ide has shown sh highlighting for sh 
> files but now my modification can go as you've done it too :)
>
> Maybe one day i can use gambas master and all my mods can be 
> extensions.  (hehe, probably not though as i've made a fair few tweaks 
> :) )
>
> Sounds like a great idea though, cheers, it will be interesting to see 
> how you put in into action :)
>
> Respects
> BruceS

Will this allow us to add make files for c file for instance with an ide 
make extension as part of a project directory configuration. That would 
build a gambas library as part of the run/debug/build executable interface.

Just a thought

--
~~~~ Brian

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