Just made an IDE for MQL4

[w633]

How can I make it display it like this in the IDE ?

i think maybe it's due to the encoding problem again. mind send me the file for analyze?

[w633]

It would be nice if we could have an easy option to change the codepage...but it is more of a cosmetic problem...doesn't look very nice.

yeah, i think more and more people are requesting this, i'll add it to the issue register.

[youcrazykids]

Hey w633,

Just a quick message to say that this editor is an absolute godsend. It puts MetaEditor to shame, and I only realised the gulf in class between the two when I edited an mql file on a machine lacking your IDE. Added to that your willingness to refine the editor, then makes for an ever-more-useful utility.

Even though it has been said repeatedly, I thank you sincerely for your efforts. You've made a lot of people's programming activities a damn sight easier.

[w633]

hey guys, just a quick update.

i worked on the encoding issue but didn't find a good solution, since it's just not that easy for scite to cope with encoding issue.

however i did find a good alternative for changing encoding, that is to use Notepad++, this is a popular general purpose editor that i use to replace notepad. in this editor there's an "Encoding" tab that let you select the original encoding of the file, once you see the characters are displaying correctly, choose "Convert to UTF-8 without BOM" and save the file, you then have the file encoding converted to UTF-8.

another thing to update is that i may pause the development of this IDE for a while because the more i work on it the more shortcomings i find. i discovered a better alternative recently and i am looking into it, if my research goes smooth then we may have a visual studio class editor that is capable of doing much more than the current one. for example a visualized setting dialog, dynamic call-tip (displaying parameter description of a function), and "go to definition" option when you right click on a function... stay tuned.

[SteveHopwood]

We certainly will. Cheers.

[NeoTrader]

hi w633

however i did find a good alternative for changing encoding, that is to use Notepad++, this is a popular general purpose editor that i use to replace notepad. in this editor there's an "Encoding" tab that let you select the original encoding of the file, once you see the characters are displaying correctly, choose "Convert to UTF-8 without BOM" and save the file, you then have the file encoding converted to UTF-8.

This is the workaround I also use and it works without problems...

another thing to update is that i may pause the development of this IDE for a while because the more i work on it the more shortcomings i find. i discovered a better alternative recently and i am looking into it, if my research goes smooth then we may have a visual studio class editor that is capable of doing much more than the current one. for example a visualized setting dialog, dynamic call-tip (displaying parameter description of a function), and "go to definition" option when you right click on a function... stay tuned.

Yep, there are some shortcomings...but nothing that bothers that much to move back to the alternative solutions...
May I ask on what editor your next incarnations will be based?

happy weekend,

NeoTrader

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[f-trader]

another thing to update is that i may pause the development of this IDE for a while because the more i work on it the more shortcomings i find. i discovered a better alternative recently and i am looking into it, if my research goes smooth then we may have a visual studio class editor that is capable of doing much more than the current one. for example a visualized setting dialog, dynamic call-tip (displaying parameter description of a function), and "go to definition" option when you right click on a function... stay tuned.

Your IDE based on scite is already the best thing since sliced bread ( for me ).

And now it will become better.

Thanks for all your work, w633.

[w633]

hi w633
Yep, there are some shortcomings...but nothing that bothers that much to move back to the alternative solutions...
May I ask on what editor your next incarnations will be based?

it's the visual studio shell, which enables you to create an IDE based on the best programming editor existing, and it's gonna be free!
more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... .110).aspx

but there's a lot of work to do

[SteveHopwood]

hi w633
Yep, there are some shortcomings...but nothing that bothers that much to move back to the alternative solutions...
May I ask on what editor your next incarnations will be based?

it's the visual studio shell, which enables you to create an IDE based on the best programming editor existing, and it's gonna be free!
more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... .110).aspx

but there's a lot of work to do

When I clicked the link in your last post, I was shown this: "We're sorry, but the page you requested could not be found. Please check your typing and try again, or use the search option on this page. "

I see the site is a Microsoft site. Given the rubbish customarily produced by Microsoft, are you sure you should be using anything provided there as a basis for your programming of an ide? This is not an implied criticism and I am only asking.

[w633]

When I clicked the link in your last post, I was shown this: "We're sorry, but the page you requested could not be found. Please check your typing and try again, or use the search option on this page. "

I see the site is a Microsoft site. Given the rubbish customarily produced by Microsoft, are you sure you should be using anything provided there as a basis for your programming of an ide? This is not an implied criticism and I am only asking.

the site has no problem, jsut that my link is the problem. the url has a parenthesis so the markup language didn't correctly parse it, i've fixed this in my previous post. thank you for the head up!

given all the rant people can have on windows or IE, visual studio is the greatest programming IDE ever, period. trust me, ask any software professionals and they'll tell you the same thing.