exportscripts.rev

[Jim Ault]

Just a few comments that I know about:

> In Revolution script editor I can't print tabs
Yes, the tab key is used to run the 'reformat script' so you can only use
tabs after comments, if you paste from another editor.


> find an replace using regular expressions,
If a stack is the frontmost window, try Edit:Find and replace
You have a powerful combination of options, including RegEx, targeting
stacks, scripts, names, and more.  Look at the drop downs for a few
surprises. You can even remove lines from the hit listing so some items
won't be included in the replace operation.

I know this is not the same way of using RegEx you are thinking of.  I copy
and paste the single script into BBEdit to do RegEx there.

>When pasting portions
> of script from formatted text outside RevIDE (web page, etc...), it does not
> adopt fonts to script's font settings and you have to adjust font sizes
> manually again and again, etc...
I use BBEdit on the Mac and this does not put formatted text onto the
clipboard, so pasting is plain text.  If you can copy 'as plain text' from
your editor, then the fonts will remain uniform.  The script editor window
is just a field in a good ol' Rev stack, so it behaves like a field.  you
could have a back script that does the following:
put the script of <object> into holder
set the script of <object> to empty
set the script of <object> to holder

>tabbed browsing in a single window
=> Galaxy by Jerry Daniels
or my method of putting almost every script in the stack script so all
handlers are in one container.

Most every button, field, scroll  has the same script
on mouseup
do the short name of me
end mouseup

on mousedown
do (the short name of me & "Down")
end mousedown
--------- stack script
on btnFelix
on btnFelixDown

Just more ideas as we all go down different paths.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas

On 3/29/07 1:45 AM, "Viktoras Didziulis" <viktoras at ekoinf.net> wrote:

> It is just a matter of personal preference, an alternative way of editing in
> an environment the user is used to for his other scripting tools (like Perl,
> PHP, HTML/Javascript, SQL, XML, Fortran, whatever else). On MS Windows my
> personal preference is Crimson editor. I am too addicted to its tools,
> editing options, syntax hiliting, lower/upper case switching, text encoding,
> capitalizing or case invertions, find an replace using regular expressions,
> some other options like tabbed browsing in a single window instead of having
> multiple windows scattered all around the screen (one needs extended desktop
> to fit them all), etc... Its just because I had been using it for 5 years
> before I purchased Revolution and feel at home in that environment, and it
> comes at no cost at all...
>  
> In Revolution script editor I can't print tabs, find and replace phrases (e
> g. change names of globals) in ALL scripts of any stack with a single click
> (or is this option hidden somewhere?), find and replace using regular
> expressions, line numbering is absent (yes I know I can browse by handler,
> but it is just an option), standard shortcut keys and context menus not
> always behave as expected - e.g. on right click on a selected text Rev Ide
> opens documentation window instead of contextual menu. When pasting portions
> of script from formatted text outside RevIDE (web page, etc...), it does not
> adopt fonts to script's font settings and you have to adjust font sizes
> manually again and again, etc... I can imagine somebody else having
> completely different preferences, in fact many different preferences and
> tastes, so that's why I think one may need the scripts outside the
> Revolution IDE. 
>  
> All the best! 
> Viktoras 
>  
> -------Original Message-------
>  
> From: Richard Gaskin
> Date: 03/29/07 09:31:31
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: exportscripts.rev
>  
> Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
>> What about exporting to an xml along with properties of stacks,
>> cards and objects? And then its just one step towards importing
>> back into Revolution ide ;-)
>  
> What does one do with scripts outside of the IDE that can't be done
> directly in the IDE?
>