On Tuesday 26 June 2018 09:47:09 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Dienstag, 26. Juni 2018 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > On Tuesday 26 June 2018 08:51:15 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > When we are at LinuxCNC, could you try out the new syntax > > > highlighting for gcode? It's included in the latest psb builds. > > > > > > Nik > > > > For what editor? Where should I see it IOW. Certainly not gedit as > > it has an incurable tendency to move arbitrary blocks of code around > > in the file so its been nuked from all of my systems. gedit is a > > very capable editor, capable of wrecking 2 years work. I've sorted > > that pan of scrambled eggs, 1000 LOC, several times too many, even > > resorting to getting last nights backup out to recover. > > It's for "kate" and "kwrite" :-) > oh > > I now use nano or geany if a gui is available, which so far has Just > > Worked(TM). It does do some C style code checking, matching brackets > > etc type stuff, but I've found highlighting words only usefull by > > the spell checkers. > > geany was what I used ill I found FernVs gcode.xml for kate. I think > the highlighting for kate works way better than in geany. The only bug > I found is indirect o-calls are marked as syntax error (e.g.: o[#1] is > displayed red underlined). > I'll have to see if thats available. kate and kwrite were not installed on that machine, but 47 files are being updated as I type, and a reboot will be needed before I can test this. And after installing them both, I can't find it (g-code.xml). > > As for LCNC, I wish the highliteing of the line being processed in > > it lower code display wasn't greyed out as it is now, but displayed > > in bold text. Trying to read the greyed out text is getting > > difficult with my cataracts thrown in. > > > > perhaps you could do something about that? > > I think that would be possible, but axis is written python and my > python knowledge is still in a book on the shelf .. 99% of mine is too, but I've not bought the book yet. :( > > And we are off-topic, again. > > > :-) > > Nik -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
