[OT] Atom Text Editor for Script Editiing - First Impressions

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/4/2015 2:08 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> 6) boilerplates
>      I can type in switch and a little popup will come up

I meant to respond to this one too. Boilerplate is pretty easily added 
yourself by use of a frontscript. The frontscript handlers check to see 
if the target is the script editor and if so, executes whatever you 
want. I have been running my own frontscript with dozens of shortcuts 
for about 15 years and it works great. You can have any customized 
behaviors or text insertions you want. I know at least a few others are 
doing this too.

I do understand that you're asking for a universal change to the editor, 
and I think a skeleton switch construct would be a good one, but it 
would be difficult to anticipate the variety of needs for every 
scripter. So for me, my solution is ideal. It is set up as a plugin that 
opens invisibly when LC starts up and inserts itself into the front. 
It's so seamless I forget it's there except when I want to add something 
to it. Its shortcuts are hard-wired into my brain and I would be lost 
without it, it speeds up so many scripting actions.

There are at least a few advantages to having the editor implemented as 
a regular stack that responds to normal LC commands. ;) Maybe with 
enough interest, the frontscript idea could be generalized to allow 
every scripter to add their own boilerplate options, and it could be 
shipped with LC.

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