I'm downloading this now and am very much looking forward to trying it. I do have a request though, based on my current editor of choice INDEed.
INDEed has been designed for multiple languages, as a result, there's a million menu options with a lot of stuff that's irrelevant to B3D.
What I'd like to request is that if there's anything specific to a language you're not using (ie. bb/bmax(if you ever go that way)/any other language), it can get hidden.
eg (using BB vs B3D as an example) - I'm using B3D, I don't want to see options in the menus for BB, I don't want the editor to pick up keywords that are in BB and not in B3D etc.
Another few suggestions (which may not turn out necessary once I've actually __tried__ the editor *grin* - my appologies if any of this is irrelevant):
1) It sounds like there are a lot of options allowing you to customise the behaviour of IDEal. Would it be useful to have a beginner mode and an advanced mode such that people new to the editor and IDEal aren't overwhelmed with choices and throw in the towel? Customisable editors are great, but overwhelming you with choice causes exactly the same problems.
2) Can you put a link to ideal in the Blitz toolbox->IDE section
3) People seem to be having problems with code turning red for (to them) unexplained reasons. How about a tooltip or a pop-up for example that tells them the reason (or possible reason(s)) why the code is red, with suggestions on how to fix it? I'm not the best code writer in the world, and I'm fully expecting a screenful of red the first time I load up one of my source files *grin*)
4) A FAQ somewhere in the help in the editor so that if people want to know how to fix red text/funny indenting/all their files loading (or not loading) automatically on startup, that they can find it without posting to a forum?
5) Maybe rename "block from selection" to "foldable block from selection"?
Can't wait to give this a whirl!
INDEed has been designed for multiple languages, as a result, there's a million menu options with a lot of stuff that's irrelevant to B3D.
What I'd like to request is that if there's anything specific to a language you're not using (ie. bb/bmax(if you ever go that way)/any other language), it can get hidden.
eg (using BB vs B3D as an example) - I'm using B3D, I don't want to see options in the menus for BB, I don't want the editor to pick up keywords that are in BB and not in B3D etc.
Another few suggestions (which may not turn out necessary once I've actually __tried__ the editor *grin* - my appologies if any of this is irrelevant):
1) It sounds like there are a lot of options allowing you to customise the behaviour of IDEal. Would it be useful to have a beginner mode and an advanced mode such that people new to the editor and IDEal aren't overwhelmed with choices and throw in the towel? Customisable editors are great, but overwhelming you with choice causes exactly the same problems.
2) Can you put a link to ideal in the Blitz toolbox->IDE section
3) People seem to be having problems with code turning red for (to them) unexplained reasons. How about a tooltip or a pop-up for example that tells them the reason (or possible reason(s)) why the code is red, with suggestions on how to fix it? I'm not the best code writer in the world, and I'm fully expecting a screenful of red the first time I load up one of my source files *grin*)
4) A FAQ somewhere in the help in the editor so that if people want to know how to fix red text/funny indenting/all their files loading (or not loading) automatically on startup, that they can find it without posting to a forum?
5) Maybe rename "block from selection" to "foldable block from selection"?
Can't wait to give this a whirl!