Eclipse + Corona: Status

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Dear all,

I have followed the posts about Eclipse and Corona SDK, but I am still not satisfied. I have two main concerns, and I really hope you can help me!

First, whenever I run a project, I get the home screen and not the project right away. My settings are as follows:

  • Interpreter: /Applications/CoronaSDK/Corona Simulator.app/Contents/MacOS/Corona Simulator
  • Arguments: -debug main.lua

Second, autocomplete. It seems that it doesn’t work. It autocompletes symbols, for instance typing “dis”, and hitting ESC (my shortcut) it completes to “display”. But if I proceed with “display.” nothing pops up, and I wish I could just see all applicable functions/variables.

Is anyone using Eclipse? I started using ZeroBrane, it’s really rough, but it does the job…

Thanks & Cheers!

#2

> I started using ZeroBrane, it’s really rough, but it does the job…

@milicchio, thank you for the feedback. I’m curious, what would make your ZBS experience smoother? Paul.

#3

Paul, the only thing that makes me use ZeroBrane is that it completes symbols, for instance you can write “display.” and it pops up the completion, so you can select “newRect”. Additionally, it seems to show some popup documentation (not perfect though), and it starts right away the project in Corona, which is something I am yet to make it work in Eclipse (as I said, it always shows the “select a project” window).

I’d like those things to work on Eclipse (which is way more complete), but I can’t get it working properly.

/Franco

#4

> I started using ZeroBrane, it’s really rough, but it does the job…

@milicchio, thank you for the feedback. I’m curious, what would make your ZBS experience smoother? Paul.

#5

Paul, the only thing that makes me use ZeroBrane is that it completes symbols, for instance you can write “display.” and it pops up the completion, so you can select “newRect”. Additionally, it seems to show some popup documentation (not perfect though), and it starts right away the project in Corona, which is something I am yet to make it work in Eclipse (as I said, it always shows the “select a project” window).

I’d like those things to work on Eclipse (which is way more complete), but I can’t get it working properly.

/Franco