Using an External Editor in Javascript Mode

jmatejka

Using an External Editor in Javascript Mode

in Processing with Other Languages • 6 months ago

I understand that the "edit in external editor" option was dropped due to the addition of command line support. I have the builds working properly in "Java" mode now from my external editor, so this is ok.

However, when I'm developing in Javascript mode, the changes in my external editor are not reflected in the Processing IDE window. So my current workflow options before running the Javascript version are to copy the text from my external editor and paste it into the IDE, or, to switch from Javascript mode to Java mode, then back to Javascript, which has the effect of re-loading the content of the IDE.

My question is, is there a way to force the Processing IDE to reload a document in the editor, or some other way to make using an external text editor easier for doing processing.js development.

Thanks,

Justin

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PhiLho

Re: Using an External Editor in Javascript Mode

6 months ago

I don't really code in PJS, so perhaps I am wrong, or I am missing something, but I have the feeling that once your code has its base setup set (the HTML page importing the .pde files), you can just edit the .pde files with your favorite editor and refresh the page in the browser to run the sketch again, no?
At least, that's what I do when I code in JavaScript.

jmatejka

Re: Using an External Editor in Javascript Mode

6 months ago

Thanks for the response.

From what I can tell, there is a .pde at the top level and when you "run" in Javascript mode, that .pde file gets moved into a web-export directory and a webserver is fired up.

There might be a way around this by editing the .pdf file directly in the web-export directory, but I'd be worried about inadvertently overwriting that file during the export process.

Thanks,

Justin

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