Just made an IDE for MQL4

[NeoTrader]

Quick update, to say that the more I use this, the more I love it.

yep...same with me...it is already my primary ide...notepad++ is used lesser and lesser...and mostly only for the highlight feature...

eager to get the next version...

happy weekend,

NeoTrader

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[w633]

i am finally eating my own dog food right now, and i did find some strange behavior with the editor, i also am eager to get the next version... only if i can find time to work on it.

[w633]

Hello,

I've updated the editor to 1.4, now it contains the following changes:

• New Empty4 notifier program for better performance
• More comprehensive MQL4 reference document and fixed keyword list
• Some UI and behavior tweak
• New coloring on syntax highlighting
• Incorporated new side bar
• Click on function name on the side bar will make the function code anchored at around 1/3 from the top of the editor

Since some behaviors and coloring would be different, please let me know about your thought. Besides if you think you have a better coloring on syntax highlights, please let me know!

PS. if you are using Windows Vista or later, or you have "Consolas" font on your computer, it's better to use the font since it's easier to the eye. You only need to insert the following line:

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font.base=font:Consolas,size:10

before line 136 in "\langs\mql.properties", then you'll have a better coding experience.

[mobthehop]

w633 - let me be the first here to thank you (again) for your continous improvement of the IDE - is is really much appreciated

Mop

[SteveHopwood]

Many thanks, my friend.

[fscrp]

I have been a long-time lurker on this forum and have not coded for quite some time until an idea popped into my nogin this weekend. I just read through this thread and will definitely put your IDE to work.

Thank you w633 for your time and dedication to this project.

[lazypips]

hi all modern coding lovers

Like most of you, i'm tired with the ancient tool from Metaquotes. I have often requested new features or tweaks to their Service Desk, but mostly never got satisfaction.
So its a real pleasure to find this thread and the good job made by w633, really great. As i does not like to write apps from scratch, and often forgetting to write parts of the needed code, or copying/pasting errors again & again, resulting to loosing time & pulling out my hairs; i've found some ways to do this job smoother.
Mainly by following great ideas/projects like:
- an other great IDE: http://www.ultimatepp.org/www$uppweb$idess$en-us.html
- custom librairies/fonctions: http://fxdreema.com/documentation/colle ... /arraydiff

I'm posting this here only to let you know about, and to help giving ideas to embed with w633 project.

And again, i'm very glad to have found this new IDE, thanks w633

[Lifesys]

Hi W633,
Another very useful idea you may consider is synchonised file comparison - I do not see it here.

Freeware Notepad++ [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/] with C# (for MQL) recognition, has many of these IDE features (without compilation) but also has synch file comparison - brilliant for checking updates. I can update EAs/Indicators without losing my own tweeks by direct/highlighted file comparison. Just change what is necessary.

[w633]

Hello All,

Thank you all for the compliment, it's just a small payback to the community.

I've added another dark theme which may be easier to the eye, if you like darker color maybe it's for you.

dark.png

I didn't make a release for it, if you need it you will have to download the file yourself.
all you have to do is to right click on the link and choose "Save link AS" then save the file into EDITOR_ROOT\themes
then add the following line to the end of "SciTEGlobal.properties"

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import themes/dark

That's it!

[w633]

Hi W633,
Another very useful idea you may consider is synchonised file comparison - I do not see it here.

Freeware Notepad++ [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/] with C# (for MQL) recognition, has many of these IDE features (without compilation) but also has synch file comparison - brilliant for checking updates. I can update EAs/Indicators without losing my own tweeks by direct/highlighted file comparison. Just change what is necessary.

Hello, in my opinion, there are better tools for the job. For example, WinMerge, KDiff3, and the wonderful (but commercial) BeyondCompare. What's even better, is that if you integrate a source control system to manage the source code, you can revive any version from the past and make a quick comparison for the difference.