Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor

[Jon]

Jim Bufalini wrote:

>As a newcomer, I may as well add my 2-cents here.
>
>1. A global (not global variables but across the main stack and sub-stacks
>or, at least, one stack) find/search/replace function would be extremely
>useful, given that script can be in objects, cards, libraries, the stack,
>etc.
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>

Total agreement

>As a newcomer especially, you suddenly discover a new and better way to do
>something and want to revisit where you did it another way (I know this
>violates the first rule of programming "If it works, don't touch it."), but
>it's the way I learn. But, I can't remember everywhere it is.
>
>2. Debugging is not intuitive. Is there a tutorial on debugging, including
>how to use the features of the msg box? Variable watching (for example can
>you watch undeclared local variables?). Also, is it just that I don't know
>what I'm doing or does that msg box not display array contents? All I get is
>OK.
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>

Check out Development in the main menu and then Variable Watcher (or 
something like that).  Not all that intuitive, but it does work, and well.

:)

Jon