Version 1.2

What's new

Markdown

• Open and edit .md files with syntax highlighting
• Live preview panel for headings, lists, tables, links, bold, and code blocks
• Preview picks up theme changes right away
• New untitled tabs start as Markdown

Editor

• Inline completion: the rest of the word shows in dim text at the caret; press Tab to accept
• Rainbow colours on nested () brackets in LISP and DCL
• Yellow gutter marks on lines you have edited since the last save
• Press Enter after (defun, (defun-q, or (lambda to drop a closing ) on the line below
• Scroll past the last line when you wheel or page at the bottom of the file

UI

• Status bar toggles for Explorer and Output
• Toolbar switches to icon-only buttons when the window is narrow (tooltips still work)
• Version in the status bar opens the built-in updater (download from GitHub, replace, restart)

Fixes

• Untitled Markdown tabs no longer crash or freeze on paste or typing
• Change markers no longer paint the whole file on open
• Extra scroll below the last line no longer shoves the document off screen
• DCL preview and Test in AutoCAD behaviour from 1.0 retained

First public release of BoneVLIDE, a Windows AutoLISP IDE for AutoCAD.

Download

• Windows x64 (self-contained): BoneVLIDE.exe (~69 MB)
• No separate .NET runtime required
• Windows 10 / 11, AutoCAD 2018–2024 tested

What's included

AutoLISP editing and injection

• Tabbed editor with AutoLISP syntax highlighting, line numbers, and smart indentation
• Run with F5 or Ctrl+E — injects code into the active AutoCAD drawing via COM
• Output panel captures runtime errors and shows Type COMMANDNAME to use LISP. for (defun c:NAME) commands
• Active line highlight, (break) support, and floating error cards during debugging
• Local syntax check before injection

DCL editing

• Live DCL Preview panel (WPF) with support for common tiles: dialog, row, column, boxed_column, edit_box, button, text, toggle, radio_button, list_box, popup_list, slider, image, and more
• Test in AutoCAD — opens the real dialog in AutoCAD using load_dialog / new_dialog / start_dialog; focus returns to BoneVLIDE when you click OK or Cancel
• Inline DCL window for DCL source, write-line LISP, and side-by-side preview
• DCL bracket double-click selection (opening { no longer breaks on ; in attributes)
• F5 on a .dcl tab runs Test in AutoCAD

Navigation and productivity

• Folder explorer with sort by name or date (persisted)
• Document map minimap
• Function list (defun / defun-q jump)
• Bookmark list with per-file persistence
• Double-click bracket selection for LISP and DCL
• Notepad++-style draggable tabs

Session restore

• Reopen tabs, panel sizes, theme, font, bookmarks, and unsaved untitled files after restart
• Rename untitled tabs from the tab bar

Themes and fonts

• 9 editor themes: Dark (VS), Light, Monokai, Solarized Dark, Solarized Light, One Dark, Dracula, Nord, Tokyo Night
• Separate highlighting rules for AutoLISP and DCL
• Font picker with JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, and IBM Plex Mono prioritized

UI polish

• Themed save / don't save / cancel dialog
• App icon (bookmark design)
• ComboBox and scrollbar theming fixes
• Horizontal scrollbar direction fix

Known limitations

• DCL preview is an approximation; layout may differ from AutoCAD. Use Test in AutoCAD for the real dialog.
• Code injection requires a running AutoCAD instance with an active document.
• COM automation must be allowed (standard for VLIDE-style workflows).

Build

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 -o publish