How do YOU edit external files? (e.g., GLSL)

kevin.bjo..

How do YOU edit external files? (e.g., GLSL)

in Integration and Hardware • 3 years ago

Just wondering what sorts of workflows people follow?

Right now I'm editing Processing code within the IDE but editing XML and GLSL files in VIM. Switch back and forth is a bit awkward, but the Processing IDE refuses to open anything but .pde files... have people come up with any clean solutions? (Right now I hit "Open" then in the windows dialog I right-click my non-pde files, hit "edit with Vim" in the dialog box's context menu, then CLOSE the PDE file dialog -- relatively quick but oh-so-hacky!)

Thanks,

KB, Trion Worlds

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PhiLho

Re: How do YOU edit external files? (e.g., GLSL)

3 years ago

I just use my favorite editor, SciTE. I usually open the files from Windows Explorer, either by context menu or by drag'n'drop to the editor. I have no problem to switch programs. But actually, beyond a few lines of code, I write most of my Processing code in SciTE (and reload the sketch in the PDE to run it).

flambino

Re: How do YOU edit external files? (e.g., GLSL)

2 years ago

There is the possiblity of the using the command line version of Processing. You could script something up that would allow to completely sidestep the PDE.

Unfortunately, you have to build the command line version yourself from the source, and right now it's broken. It'll build, but it won't compile anything with an import-statement in it, as far as I know. And besides, I'm not a Windows guy, so I may be full of it.

If you were on a Mac, I'd say you should use TextMate, but nobody's perfect :-)

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