[sldev] lsl editor overhaul.

[Strife Onizuka]

A pipe system sounds interesting idea but would be complicated and require
custom designed software (you need two way communications).

Obvious Requirements:
1) Load a script in an external app
2) Compile and save the script from the external app
3) The client needs to be able to report back to the editor compiler errors.

One solution is for the client to watch for when the script file is saved by
the external editor. A) But how is going to tell a save from a compile
request? B) How is the client going to report back to the editor the
success?
Another is for the editor to invoke a special process that then communicates
with the viewer. This solves the save/compile and reporting problems but...
C) If multiple client instances are running, how is going to know which to
talk to? A solution to this problem is to setup a service that tracks these
temporary files to match them to their client. Down this road madness lies.

Any direction you approach it, it's an ugly problem.

Strife.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Brandon Husbands <xotmid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well i was thinking more of a datapipe to push and receive code from your
> editor of choice.
> So your code you edit would be automagically sent to the compiler in the
> viewer etc and report back errors... or success.. Basically bypassing the
> current editor.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Strife Onizuka <blindwanderer at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Does snowglobe have an interface for arbitrary (notecard, script, etc)
>> asset modification yet?
>>
>> Sounds interesting it should be note that SL is unmanaged C++ and
>> AvalonEdit is Managed (.Net). Bridging the two isn't difficult but it's
>> probably prohibitive for a quick project.
>>
>> Strife, out.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Brandon Husbands <xotmid at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I am actually working on a stand alone IDE based on avalonedit which is
>>> actually really nice.
>>>
>>> Should it not be time for sl's script editor to grow up and have some
>>> real features?
>>>
>>> Code completion? Better syntax highlighting? etc?
>>>
>>> I am curious about this as i am doing my work i am thinking maybe for
>>> snowglobe we can integrate something like this either as the editor or a
>>> launch of the editor of choice and a direct save to SL, So when you hit save
>>> it compiles etc like you do it just is a external editor.
>>>
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