ANN: new glx2 script editor now on line

[Mike Kerner]

It would be easier to answer the question after the session...

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com
> wrote:

> Mike Kerner wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
> >
> >> On 09/24/2016 06:17 AM, Mike Kerner wrote:
> >>
> >>> So what would it take to get a bunch of glx2's features rolled into
> >>> the SE so we have one SE instead of two?  Theming, folding,
> >>> breadcrumbs, folders, revisions all are things that would be good
> >>> to add to the SE, and it would make it more compelling to have a
> >>> single SE project.
> >>
> >> Well, I see that Bernd has issued a pull request for code folding,
> >> so that should be on its way soon. And the glx2 script editor is
> >> totally open source, so feel free to grab and use any code in there.
> >>
> >
> > The problem is that without understanding it, we're going to be at a
> > distinct time disadvantage.  I just went through that trying to fix a
> > couple of things in the documentation rendering, this week.  I spent
> > a lot of hours having to learn how it worked, because nobody else
> > knew.
>
> If nobody else knew, nobody else could have documented that knowledge. :)
>
> Given the SE's central role in the IDE, it's an exciting prospect for
> community contribution.  And given the nature of its role, it's also one of
> the more complex components in the IDE, and one which is in nearly
> continual flux as the core team continues working on it in each version.
>
> For these reasons it may be helpful to consider a path forward like the
> one Bernd chose:  pick one feature, work with the core team to implement
> it, and submit that pull request, then move on to the next feature.
>
> This will help ensure that each new feature is robustly implemented before
> we move on to the next one, and along the way each new feature multiplies
> the knowledge of the IDE landscape so each subsequent opportunity becomes
> ever easier.
>
> As things progress we may even find someone in our community with the
> intersection of interest, time, and ability to begin drafting a guide to
> working on the IDE, making the work ever easier for others as well.
>
> Of the features listed above ("theming, folding, breadcrumbs, folders"),
> which of those has both the highest value to the user and/or is the easiest
> to implement?
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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