Script Editor fixable? (was: Configuring a Sublime Text project to notify LiveCode IDE about updates to script only stacks)

[Richard Gaskin]

Roger Eller wrote:

 > On Feb 21, 2017 9:28 PM, "Richard Gaskin via use-livecode" wrote:
 >
 >> It's always exciting to see new ground explored with inter-app
 >> communications, but with script editors I find myself wondering:
 >>
 >> Why not use LC's?
 >>
 >> If it's not on par with alternatives and for some reason can't be
 >> made to be on par, why don't we just ship LC with an appropriately-
 >> licensed editor, allow hooks like the ones discussed here for any
 >> other editor folks might want, and spend the development time we
 >> used to spend on LC's editor on other things?
 >
 > I'm not what you would call a power user, nor do I need an editor that
 > handles multiple languages and syntax coloring variations.  I like the
 > truly integrated LC editor just fine.  It is great to see users
 > providing options for those who need more than that.

Options are good.  I'm wondering if perhaps we could embrace that more 
fully.

The SE is a very expensive component to maintain.  If we could replace 
it with a third-party editor, and put a fraction of the time we used to 
spend maintaining and enhancing the SE into providing a mechanism to use 
any editor the user prefers, we'd have a better editor in the box and 
vast options for using other editors, and save development expense along 
the way.

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  Richard Gaskin
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