add hotkey for comment/uncomment

[Gi972]

Hello,

It's possible to add a hotkeys for comment / uncomment the code in the text editor when you highlight ?

[Crutiatix]

A question is how much complex code editor we want. I think, that one of the basic ideas of TIC-80 is a simplicity so adding shortcuts for any little gimmick goes against this idea. For writing a more extensive code is better to use a external editor in which you can use all kinds of plugins and exensions.

However, useful feature which is common in many code editors would by a possibility to close a selected text into a parenthesis ()[]{}""'' and in the case of lua also - respectively --. This could partially solve @Gi972 's request.

[hashalon]

I think plugins for Atom, VSCode, SublimText, Brackets, Notepad++ would be a really good idea.

[Gi972]

I'm alright with you,

In fact is more suggestions for improve experience when you write code and reflex pratices and increase productivity. Free of you to implement this or not :-)

@Harraps I prefer stay on the tic editor because I can run quickly when i debug :-)

[Gi972]

by the way @nesbox it's possible open the file with a external editor?

[Crutiatix]

@Gi972 It's not a problem to run fast a code from external editor in TIC.
Just if you add a path to tic.exe to PATH enviroment variable and then setup a build commands in editor like:
SublimeText: Tools > Build System > New Build System... and then input into new created file:
edited: fixed, tested, it works for me

{
"cmd": ["tic", "%APPDATA%/TIC-80/0.21.0 dev/${file_base_name}.tic", "-code","$file"],
"shell":true
}

Save as TIC, then switch to new build system: Tools > Build System >TIC and lastly press CTRL+B for build.
It's just example. I'm not sure if it works.
I'm using Atom and for this purpose the plugin build-tools.

[Gi972]

Ok @Crutiatix I code with visual studio code, I will try with it, thanks for the tips ;-)

[Gi972]

@Crutiatix ,

Are you on mac or pc?

I try on sublime text 3 but when I save TIC build system it don't appear on the menu :-/
So I cant build.
And I cant open a file too...

@nesbox I see on #69 if possible launch a file from terminal, I try on mac tic game.tic but I have a error :
"tetris.tic", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '^A'

[nesbox]

@Gi972
Using external editors in TIC-80 - https://github.com/nesbox/tic.computer/wiki#using-external-code-editors

Could you pls provide exact info how to reproduce:

"tetris.tic", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '^A'

[Gi972]

When I open terminal on the repertory of game folder I write I :

MacBook-Pro-de-Gi:0.21.0 dev j3di$ tic tetris.tic 

"tetris.tic", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '^A'

I try too

MacBook-Pro-de-Gi:Applications j3di$ open "tic.app tetris.tic"

The file /Applications/tic.app tetris.tic does not exist.

or

MacBook-Pro-de-Gi:Applications j3di$ open "tic.app" --args tetris.tic

it's launch tic but don't load

maybe I don't use the good command, hum hum :-D

Could you give me steps to follow?...

[nesbox]

@Gi972

• in the first case you are calling 'tic' from /usr/bin/tic and it's another's process, not TIC-80
• in the second, you are trying to pass args to app package tic.app, TIC loads but without cart, here you have to pass full path to the cart $ open ./tic.app --args ~/Desktop/tic/tetris.tic to open local .app package or $ open -a tic --args ~/Desktop/tic/tetris.tic to open installed package
• also you can call tic directly from inside .app package $ tic.app/Contents/MacOS/tic tetris.tic, in this case you can use relative paths to the cart

[Gi972]

@nesbox

Ok

I copy the code of tetris. ti c in tetris.lua

I try

 MacBook-Pro-de-Gi:Tic j3di$ /Applications/tic.app/Contents/MacOS/tic tetris.tic -code /Users/j3di/Desktop/Dev/Tic/tetris.lua

It's work, it launch tic et load the file.lua but dont load I think the cart I don't see sprites in sprite editor or in map :-/

I forgot something?

[nesbox]

@Gi972
Are you sure you've installed tic .21 to the Application folder, because -code argument was added in .21 ?

[Gi972]

Ok I try in put the file tetris.tic and tetris.lua in the same folder and it works.

I understand I forgot in my precedent post the path in the second argument of tetris.tic
The correct command is:

MacBook-Pro-de-Gi:Tic j3di$ /Applications/tic.app/Contents/MacOS/tic /Users/j3di/Library/Application\ Support/TIC-80/0.21.0\ dev/tetris.tic -code /Users/j3di/Desktop/Dev/Tic/tetris.lua

Hope that help other users
thanks for your patience and help

[Gi972]

So for the main subject do you think comment/uncomment it's a bad idea?

[nesbox]

@Gi972 it's a great idea :)
I'll add CTRL + / (CMD + / on Mac) to comment/uncomment line

[nesbox]

Added line comment/uncomment by CTRL + / (CMD + / on Mac)

done on .23