Comments on: Codekana http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/ A blog on the development of the NGEDIT text editor Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-64218 J Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:25:37 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-64218 Tom, thanks for the kind comment. I released 1.1 today, be sure you're using that one (you can check the version in Tools|Codekana Settings). It's kind of hooking - I don't want to look at code without the control flow cues myself any more :) Tom, thanks for the kind comment. I released 1.1 today, be sure you’re using that one (you can check the version in Tools|Codekana Settings).

It’s kind of hooking - I don’t want to look at code without the control flow cues myself any more :)

]]> By: Tom Seddon http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-64216 Tom Seddon Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:21:15 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-64216 Love it. I'll be giving this one a good trial. I think I'll find the brace markers useful, and highlighting the last search result is certainly something I've missed from vim + emacs for some time! Love it. I’ll be giving this one a good trial. I think I’ll find the brace markers useful, and highlighting the last search result is certainly something I’ve missed from vim + emacs for some time!

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55540 J Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:29:25 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55540 Thanks for nice idea - noted for one of the next releases. It is certainly possible - ViEmu indeeds allows arbitrary creation of collapse/expand "folds" (with the zf operator), and it works fine. So I'll be able to add that for Codekana. The only hard part will be keeping the parsing state and the folds in sync, but I'm already doing that for all the coloring information and it's similar. Thanks for your kind comment towards vi. Good to find some understanding, which is rare, hopefully the article has worked somewhat in that respect. Thanks for nice idea - noted for one of the next releases. It is certainly possible - ViEmu indeeds allows arbitrary creation of collapse/expand “folds” (with the zf operator), and it works fine. So I’ll be able to add that for Codekana. The only hard part will be keeping the parsing state and the folds in sync, but I’m already doing that for all the coloring information and it’s similar.

Thanks for your kind comment towards vi. Good to find some understanding, which is rare, hopefully the article has worked somewhat in that respect.

]]> By: lb http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55537 lb Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:21:18 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55537 very nifty work! i don't know if this is possible, but could you make it so that blocks such as If/else, and try/catch can be collapsed/expanded (in the same way that methods/classes/namespaces/regions etc can be collapsed/expanded) ?? Also, while I'm not one of you vi nutheads (;-))... i certainly appreciate and respect the existence of your subgenus.... i think your viemu work is extraordinary! top stuff! cheers lb very nifty work!

i don’t know if this is possible, but could you make it so that blocks such as If/else, and try/catch can be collapsed/expanded (in the same way that methods/classes/namespaces/regions etc can be collapsed/expanded) ??

Also, while I’m not one of you vi nutheads (;-))… i certainly appreciate and respect the existence of your subgenus…. i think your viemu work is extraordinary! top stuff!

cheers
lb

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55528 J Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:30:35 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55528 Hi Flip, I haven't tried Resharper 3, but I did investigate whether VS would support it. It turns out VS2005 (not VS.NET 2003) does have a special marker type which allows setting just the background, and which combines well with syntax-coloring foreground color. The problem is that it doesn't work with Codekana's other markers (braces and parens colored according to their function, etc...), so if I activated that, Codekana's specific coloring was lost on the current line - not a nice thing, as I find the context-dependent coloring the biggest win of Codekana. So I decided to leave it like this for 1.0, and look for a better solution in a future version. With regards to DXCore, actually, all my technology is nowadays host-independent. I plan to include Codekana's functionality in kodumi, my always-in-development text editor, so that kind of solution is not strategically sound for my growth plans. Hi Flip,

I haven’t tried Resharper 3, but I did investigate whether VS would support it. It turns out VS2005 (not VS.NET 2003) does have a special marker type which allows setting just the background, and which combines well with syntax-coloring foreground color. The problem is that it doesn’t work with Codekana’s other markers (braces and parens colored according to their function, etc…), so if I activated that, Codekana’s specific coloring was lost on the current line - not a nice thing, as I find the context-dependent coloring the biggest win of Codekana. So I decided to leave it like this for 1.0, and look for a better solution in a future version.

With regards to DXCore, actually, all my technology is nowadays host-independent. I plan to include Codekana’s functionality in kodumi, my always-in-development text editor, so that kind of solution is not strategically sound for my growth plans.

]]> By: Filip http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55515 Filip Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:23:14 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55515 Frans and J, ReSharper 3 provides you with the ability to highligh current line. J, have a look at DXCore, you could take advantage of what those guys already built into their framework and just build your plugin from there. Frans and J,
ReSharper 3 provides you with the ability to highligh current line.

J, have a look at DXCore, you could take advantage of what those guys already built into their framework and just build your plugin from there.

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55455 J Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:31:41 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55455 Hi Frans - I also want that too, but VS's marker system is limited in that you can't have a custom background color and a separate foreground color, to show the rest of Codekana markers. In a future version, though, I'm going to completely bypass VS's rendering mechanism, and that will allow me to provide such a feature. Hi Frans - I also want that too, but VS’s marker system is limited in that you can’t have a custom background color and a separate foreground color, to show the rest of Codekana markers. In a future version, though, I’m going to completely bypass VS’s rendering mechanism, and that will allow me to provide such a feature.

]]> By: Frans Bouma http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55446 Frans Bouma Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:24:01 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-55446 One thing I really want is the highlight of the line the cursor is on (slightly different background color). In VS.NET I cant define that, but it's IMHO essential, as often when you move with cntrl- - between spots you've been in the code, it's hard to see where the cursor is. One thing I really want is the highlight of the line the cursor is on (slightly different background color). In VS.NET I cant define that, but it’s IMHO essential, as often when you move with cntrl- - between spots you’ve been in the code, it’s hard to see where the cursor is.

]]> By: Andy Brice http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-54711 Andy Brice Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:02:37 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-54711 Looks interesting. Will definitely being checking this out if I start to use VS2005 more. Looks interesting. Will definitely being checking this out if I start to use VS2005 more.

]]> By: J http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-54705 J Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:39:09 +0000 http://blog.ngedit.com/2007/07/21/codekana/#comment-54705 I'll definitely try to improve the color-configuration experience. Saving/loading schemes will be there in 1.x or so, I don't want to delay the release because of that but it's on the short-list. I’ll definitely try to improve the color-configuration experience. Saving/loading schemes will be there in 1.x or so, I don’t want to delay the release because of that but it’s on the short-list.

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