Every day I have to have CPM open my code in windows instead of tabs, so I have the custom syntax coloring etc. etc. etc.
Mike Hovland
Blue Rocket Labs [import]uid: 5317 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 309063[/import]
Blue Rocket Labs? Space, science… So you’re used to living on the edge?
Then go download beta version v2.2.2 of CPM which fixes that horrendous bug (and other of its filthy like): http://coronaprojectmanager.com/blog
If you’re one of the suits and NOT one of the engineers who takes their lives in their hands, just wait a few more days and it will be out of beta and available for all to partake of.
Jay
EDIT: PS - v2.2.2 seems pretty stable, although there are possibly some little annoyances here and there.
PS - I have a list of coolness longer than my leg for v3, but 2.3 may see the light of day first – mainly because I want to try and solidify things as much as possible before really shaking things up.
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2.2.2 is looking pretty good 
Just set up my custom colours and they look great!
However, just visited Tools/Code Generator/config.lua - the code window at the bottom doesn’t use the background colour I set in the preferences.
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Ah, yeah, I don’t consider that a code editor, so it’s not a bug.
But I’ll put it on the list of things to change when all the critical stuff is done.
Thanks!
Jay
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Yeah it’s not major just that I’ve got a dark background and a light font colour which on white you can’t see.
Also on little things to add, can we have an ‘invert’ Terminal colours button as an option so the terminal window isn’t so harsh on the eyes.
Oh and did auto updating asset folders get added yet? Seems I can still only add assets manually.
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Loving the code editor now! Its getting almost xCode 4 like. Very fast and responsive, the autocomplete works like a dream.
Suggestions would be for the autocomplete to pick up on user created variables and maybe if your feeling adventurous a pop up menu for the options inside event listeners or other places, for example:
object:AddEventlistener(" – pulls up a list of options to choose from, saving you time on thinking or discovering new options
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Changing the Terminal window will probably have to wait for v3 – I’ll be changing all the fields that display code (or debug info) to use the same thing, so your colors should carry across everything.
If I can get it into v2.3 I will, but it’s kind of shoehorned in there right now.
Auto updating assets was pulled from this version because it turned out to impact more parts of the program than I thought. Plus, I came across too many “but what about…” things because of the way CPM works (dynamic assets). I need to get in front of a whiteboard for an hour our two and nail it down before I start making changes (that I might regret later).
Sorry for the delay on these things, I know everybody wants them. Even me.
Jay [import]uid: 9440 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33053[/import]
Autocomplete in 2.2.2 should pick up user variables – except I pulled a boneheaded move and told it a word ends with a space. So if you do foo() or foo= or foo.bar then it will never pick up foo.
But doing foo = display.newImage should add foo to the autocomplete list.
v2.3 should work for those other types of cases, and while options inside event listeners and such would be way cool, I don’t see it in the cards really soon. You never know, but (and I think I talked about this on my blog) I’m using a 3rd-party control for the editor and since I didn’t write the code, making changes that are more than skin deep is kind of scary.
As I dig into it more, and fiddle with things, more features will come out, but some stuff I just can’t guess on when I might figure out how to make it work.
Jay
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I live again!
Thanks Jay. Nice job. Quick question, does CPM parse a file when it is opened for user defined vars?
Mike Hovland
Blue Rocket Labs [import]uid: 5317 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33089[/import]
Mike, it doesn’t parse the file for existing vars – yet. While I wanted to get that in, I ended up pushing it back until either 2.3 or 3.0. It’s not rocket science, it’s just time-consuming enough that I postponed it.
Jay [import]uid: 9440 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33145[/import]
Understood. I can wait…I guess. [import]uid: 5317 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33197[/import]
Just because I don’t want you to start dying inside again, after 2.2.2 is released, and if I remember, I’ll work on that first. And then do a build a push it out to you.
Jay [import]uid: 9440 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33199[/import]
You are a good man, Jay.
I can poke you, so you remember. [import]uid: 5317 topic_id: 9063 reply_id: 33253[/import]