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Just made an IDE for MQL4
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Author:  w633 [ Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:14 am ]
Post subject:  Just made an IDE for MQL4
Hello,
this is my first time posting here but I've been gaining a lot from Steve & the community so I think it's time for me to pay back a little.

Most of us are probably using the crappy MetaEditor to code our EA's, and I am really fed up with it so I went ahead and integrated the IDE that I believe can help ease the pain and boost our productivity.

It's not as fancy as Eclipse or Visual Studio, but it achieved most functionalities I need. Some of the feature includes:
  • Syntax Highlight (can still improve)
  • Compiler integration (partially now)
  • Function listing
  • Autocomplete
  • Parameter hint
  • Help integration (press F1 on keyword brings up Help window)
  • Bracket matching
  • Block collapse / expand
  • Snippet, abbreviation support
  • Theming (not straightforward though)
It's an open source project and everyone is welcomed to contribute. The project is located at HERE

Goerge's post at http://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3 ... 565#p26565 tells you how to make the editor compile indicator and script code.

You can see some screenshots below...
scite-mql-s1.png
scite-mql-s2.png
scite-mql-s3.png
scite-mql-s4.png
Author:  mobthehop [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
WOW! Going to try out this baby..... Thanks for programming this....

Cheers
Author:  w633 [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
Glad that you are gonna try out. I've added another feature that is the integration of the editor and compiler. Whenever there's a compile error, by clicking on the message the editor will take you to the error line and with the dot highlighted before the line. Please see the screenshot below
scite-mql-s5.png
Just like the original metaeditor, you press F5 to compile the code and F1 to bring the help.
The next thing I'll add is to have more colors on different sets of keywords, so it'll be getting more closely to what we used to experience on metaeditor.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
I have downloaded this and am loving it. Thanks very much.

:D
Author:  dietcoke [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
I've been using ultraedit with a incomplete (filling it in as I go) mql wordfile and a user defined tool to compile stuff.

I have to say, this is blowing that out of the water.


STICKY please Steve.
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
dietcoke wrote:I've been using ultraedit with a incomplete (filling it in as I go) mql wordfile and a user defined tool to compile stuff.

I have to say, this is blowing that out of the water.


STICKY please Steve.
Excellent idea. Done. I will add a link to the 'Welcome' post as well.

:D
Author:  slipshod [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
I must say this does look like a decent IDE. Congrats on putting it together, you've really done the Empty4 development community a valuable service.

As tempted as I am to try it out, I've stuck with Vim for 15 years now & you'll need to pry it from my cold dead hands ;)
Author:  garyfritz [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
Ah, nice to see another Vim fan. I've been using vi since about 1982 and it's always been my favorite editor. I was using a full-screen visual editor on the PLATO system in 1974, 2 years before Bill Joy ever got the idea for a single-line text editor. :D
Author:  SteveHopwood [ Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
I have been using this today to code another version of Aussiedoc's Ducks. This is just plain fantastic. What a difference the fold feature makes to navigating round the file. I don't think I will ever have to list the functions at the start any more. Wow.

Here are the two thingies top of my wish list:
  • 1) for compiling the code to update the ea running on a chart a la meta editor.
    2) auto-completion of key words with upper case in them. For example, iTime; I would love the editor to offer 'iTime' by the time I reach 'iti' so I don't have to bother with the shift key.
:D
Author:  slipshod [ Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Just made an IDE for MQL4
garyfritz wrote:Ah, nice to see another Vim fan. I've been using vi since about 1982 and it's always been my favorite editor. I was using a full-screen visual editor on the PLATO system in 1974, 2 years before Bill Joy ever got the idea for a single-line text editor. :D
Wow that is seriously old school! I'd love to reply with the usual "well I grew up with a full screen editor that used punch cards", but no, my first comp was an apple IIe in 1983. If this new IDE ever integrated Vi-style editing I'd be onto it in a flash :)
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