Simple CodePad :)

[guruk]

Hi, since I started myself I did know about one thing that was bit confusing myself
and while showing Corona to Newbies after I installed it on their computers.

Kind a simple NotePad with View Lines is missing!
Always i had to look myself for one (now using Coda) or on Windows Friends Machine
had to leave them with the basic Notepad or getting a 3rd party app.

And than on Windows Machines always was the Problem the Simulator did not restart
automatically after a source is new saved.

Therefore a SIMPLE CODEPAD (as I call it)

• integrated in the Simulator / to call from
• giving just a (open file)
• does show the source with LineNumbers
• When Saving, Simulator comes restarted.

Anything additional… is already luxury
Above, would be what I call a simple helpful tool.

Greets
Chris

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[peach_pellen]

For refreshing the simulator on save that is a setting within Corona you can turn on and off under preferences

I believe PSPad is quite popular on Windows.

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[izamojc]

While it wouldn’t hurt if Corona had its own code editor or IDE (like Flash does), it’s not a simple thing to implement.

There are so many free, and pay, options on Windows that it shouldn’t be much of an issue.

Notepad2 is an excellent Notepad replacement with colour highlighting, line numbers and other useful developer features. It’s free.

Notepad++ has a project panel and tabs. It’s free.

e Texteditor brings Textmate bundle compatibility to Windows and can do tabs and split views. It costs around $47.

Textmate was the must-have editor on OSX for several years. It brought project searching to the table as well as some really beautiful colour schemes that were easy on the eyes. Unfortunately, Textmate isn’t really being updated anymore and plans for Textmate 2 are unclear. It costs around $55.

Sublime Text 2 is available for Windows and OSX and is the spiritual successor to Textmate. It’s searching and “find in project” features are unrivaled. It’s “minimap” shows your entire code file at a glance. Its extensible and configurable, and it even has (VIntage mode) for people who like VI shortcuts. It costs around $60.

I’ve used all of these editors at some point but am now using Sublime Text 2 since it runs on every platform I develop on. It’s well worth the money. [import]uid: 52771 topic_id: 19277 reply_id: 74420[/import]

[guruk]

@peach
as I have a Mac, there I use that feature,
just on the Windows Simulator I don’t find.

Right now I am with a friend, no pro user,
Windows Corona 2011.5891 (2011.8.2)
and there I do not find any button in the
preferences to activate that refresh feature.
@izamojc
thanks, for your detailed list.
There are many options out there for Notepads.

My Perspective right now is more from a teacher, who
see how his students acts and reacts while giving them
a first introduction and experience of Corona.

I loved learning coding on a C64… and till now I did not
found anything better to get into programming.
Anyhow Corona, does really come quiet close, just a
simplest entrance to run your own code is missing.

Still we have to explain that its needed to use a notepad,
go into this and that folder. Than shortly later the basic
notepad is not enough because we can’t view the line numbers.
Than usually we have to download a notepad like notepad+.

Why not click a button on the Editor that does open a basic
internal editor, write one line and by clicking the save button
the result immediately appears.

Thats impressive. That was the C64 for me.
Start Computer, write print “hello world” press return… and VOILA,
you know the rest of the story.

Its always in the Details and my personal thought is for such
a great System like Corona, a native editor would widen
the entrance for many people who are interested in coding.

Thats it, wish you Joy

greets from the beautiful Red Sea
Yours Chris

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