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LSL Alternate Editors

2007-05-26T06:38:22Z

Salam Falta: /* SubEthaEdit [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}] */

{{LSL Header}}
You are not limited to the in-world editor for editing your scripts; there are many editors available for free or purchase. Many of these editors have syntax highlighting for LSL that will make your code easier to follow. Below are some of the more popular editors for use with LSL.

If you have a favorite that is missing from the list, '''please''' feel free to add it.

For some of the editors mentioned here, the [http://adammarker.org/shill Shill] project may have more up-to-date syntax files.

==Multi-platform Editors==
===ByronStar SL===
Based on [http://eclipse.org Eclipse], the [http://byronstar-sl.sourceforge.net/ ByronStar SL IDE] includes most modern program editor features. It also includes custom features for LSL, such as variable checking, error markers, and code formatting. Eclipse is available for Macintosh, Linux, Windows, and many UNIX flavors.

===Emacs===
You can find the LSL major mode, by Gary Evans, [http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~leavens/emacs/lsl-mode.el here]. Emacs is also available for Macintosh and Windows.

There's also [[Emacs LSL Mode]] available on this wiki, which provides better syntax highlighting and indentation features.

===vim===
[http://www.vim.org/ vim:] vi improved. A multi-platform evolution of the most classical of the editors: vi. GPL code.

==Windows Editors==

===Notepad++===
[http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] is probably one of the best windows editor around. Packed with features, extremely powerful and easy to use for beginners too. Best of all, it is GPL code.

===ConTEXT===
[http://www.context.cx/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ ConTEXT] is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed mainly to serve as secondary tool for software developers.

The following syntax files are available for ConTEXT.
* [http://forum.context.cx/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1775.0;id=359 Shyan Graves] Last updated March 01, 2007.
* [http://adammarker.org/shill/context/lsl.chl Sir.Grelling] Last updated July 10, 2006.

===Crimson Editor===
[http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Crimson Editor] is a professional source code editor for Windows.
The following syntax files are available for Crimson Editor.
* [http://www.crimsoneditor.com/english/board/CrazyWWWBoard.cgi?db=file3&mode=read&num=1791 Aakanaar] Last updated September 10, 2006 for Second Life version 1.10.0.

===LSLeditor===

* [http://www.lsleditor.org/ http://www.lsleditor.org/]

LSL-Editor is a standalone Windows LSL script '''editor, compiler and debugger''', featuring:

* Code highlighting
* Code auto completion (Like Visual Studio)
* Code editing ( Copy / Cut / Paste / Undo / Clipboard function)
* Tooltip on every keyword (using LSL guide)
* Auto-indent (using tabs)
* Help, on every keyword, uses www.LSLwiki.NET information
* Compiling, Execution and Debugging outside SecondLife world
* Printing
* You don't have to install (!) the program, unzip en use it.

Windows XP , Windows 2000 , Windows 2003

* .NET 2.x has to be installed (standard on most Windows machines)

===SciTE===
[http://sl.sdfjkl.org/secondlife/scite/ SciTE-ez]

===TextPad [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
[http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/index.html TextPad] is a powerful, but easy to use general purpose text editor. It is a commercial product, but there is a 30 day trial version available for free on the website.

The following syntax files are available for TextPad.
* [[LSL_Editor_TextPad_Syntax | Prodigal Maeterlinck & Patrick2 Chama]] Last updated February 20, 2007. Extracted from the Second Life viewer source code.
* [http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/files/syntax/lsl_.zip Ben Gray] Last updated August 23, 2006. As of version 1.12.0, with the deprecated functions in a separate keyword list.
* [http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/files/syntax/lsl.zip Matthias Huber] Last updated September 23, 2004.
* [[LSL_Editor_TextPad_ClipBook_Events | Events ClipBook]] Last updated March 5, 2007. Based on the LSL Portal event entries.

===UltraEdit-32 [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
[http://www.ultraedit.com/ UltraEdit-32] is a powerful text, HTML, and HEX editor. It is a commercial editor with a 30 day trial version available at the website. Important features:
* column/block mode editing
* brackets/braces matching
* code-folding
* configurable syntax highlighting via custom [http://www.ultraedit.com/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=40#wordfiles wordfiles]
* autocomplete (using keywords defined in the wordfile)
* bookmarks, incremental searching, CTAG support
* automatic conversion between Unix/Dos/MAC/UTF-8, etc
* built-in FTP/SFTP client

The following syntax files are available for UltraEdit.
* [http://podryk.googlepages.com/LSL_Wordfile.txt Podryck Sands] Last updated April 12, 2007.
* [http://stryfe.org/lsl_wordfile.txt Stryfe Lowell] Last updated 2007-04-15. Based on the original [http://www.lslwiki.net LSL Wiki] and updated based on release notes. Currently at LSL 1.14.1.2.

==Macintosh Editors==
===TextMate [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
You can find details about Piero Padar's well-maintained TextMate bundle in the [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?p=1041958#post1041958 Scripting Tips forum]. TextMate is a commercial Mac OS X text/program editor from [http://macromates.com/ Macromates].

There is a 30 day trial version available on their website.

===SubEthaEdit [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
This a great text editor with extensible language support. It also happens to be an incredible collaborative editor. Info at: http://www.subethaedit.net/

There is a contributed LSL mode by Zarf Vantongerloo. The mode is a little out of date and could use some love. But in general works great, doing syntax hilighting of LSL funcitons and adding a pop-up menu of all functions, states and event handlers to the top of the window.

An updated LSL mode by Mark Lentczner is available now from the SubEthaEditor [http://www.subethaedit.net/modes.html User contributed modes Repository].

==Linux Editors==
[http://kate-editor.org/ Kate] is an advanced text editor for KDE. Usually included in all KDE based distributions.
A [[Kate LSL Mode]] is available on this wiki.

LSL Alternate Editors

2007-05-26T06:37:13Z

Salam Falta: /* SubEthaEdit [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}] */

{{LSL Header}}
You are not limited to the in-world editor for editing your scripts; there are many editors available for free or purchase. Many of these editors have syntax highlighting for LSL that will make your code easier to follow. Below are some of the more popular editors for use with LSL.

If you have a favorite that is missing from the list, '''please''' feel free to add it.

For some of the editors mentioned here, the [http://adammarker.org/shill Shill] project may have more up-to-date syntax files.

==Multi-platform Editors==
===ByronStar SL===
Based on [http://eclipse.org Eclipse], the [http://byronstar-sl.sourceforge.net/ ByronStar SL IDE] includes most modern program editor features. It also includes custom features for LSL, such as variable checking, error markers, and code formatting. Eclipse is available for Macintosh, Linux, Windows, and many UNIX flavors.

===Emacs===
You can find the LSL major mode, by Gary Evans, [http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~leavens/emacs/lsl-mode.el here]. Emacs is also available for Macintosh and Windows.

There's also [[Emacs LSL Mode]] available on this wiki, which provides better syntax highlighting and indentation features.

===vim===
[http://www.vim.org/ vim:] vi improved. A multi-platform evolution of the most classical of the editors: vi. GPL code.

==Windows Editors==

===Notepad++===
[http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++] is probably one of the best windows editor around. Packed with features, extremely powerful and easy to use for beginners too. Best of all, it is GPL code.

===ConTEXT===
[http://www.context.cx/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ ConTEXT] is a small, fast and powerful freeware text editor, developed mainly to serve as secondary tool for software developers.

The following syntax files are available for ConTEXT.
* [http://forum.context.cx/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1775.0;id=359 Shyan Graves] Last updated March 01, 2007.
* [http://adammarker.org/shill/context/lsl.chl Sir.Grelling] Last updated July 10, 2006.

===Crimson Editor===
[http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Crimson Editor] is a professional source code editor for Windows.
The following syntax files are available for Crimson Editor.
* [http://www.crimsoneditor.com/english/board/CrazyWWWBoard.cgi?db=file3&mode=read&num=1791 Aakanaar] Last updated September 10, 2006 for Second Life version 1.10.0.

===LSLeditor===

* [http://www.lsleditor.org/ http://www.lsleditor.org/]

LSL-Editor is a standalone Windows LSL script '''editor, compiler and debugger''', featuring:

* Code highlighting
* Code auto completion (Like Visual Studio)
* Code editing ( Copy / Cut / Paste / Undo / Clipboard function)
* Tooltip on every keyword (using LSL guide)
* Auto-indent (using tabs)
* Help, on every keyword, uses www.LSLwiki.NET information
* Compiling, Execution and Debugging outside SecondLife world
* Printing
* You don't have to install (!) the program, unzip en use it.

Windows XP , Windows 2000 , Windows 2003

* .NET 2.x has to be installed (standard on most Windows machines)

===SciTE===
[http://sl.sdfjkl.org/secondlife/scite/ SciTE-ez]

===TextPad [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
[http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/index.html TextPad] is a powerful, but easy to use general purpose text editor. It is a commercial product, but there is a 30 day trial version available for free on the website.

The following syntax files are available for TextPad.
* [[LSL_Editor_TextPad_Syntax | Prodigal Maeterlinck & Patrick2 Chama]] Last updated February 20, 2007. Extracted from the Second Life viewer source code.
* [http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/files/syntax/lsl_.zip Ben Gray] Last updated August 23, 2006. As of version 1.12.0, with the deprecated functions in a separate keyword list.
* [http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/files/syntax/lsl.zip Matthias Huber] Last updated September 23, 2004.
* [[LSL_Editor_TextPad_ClipBook_Events | Events ClipBook]] Last updated March 5, 2007. Based on the LSL Portal event entries.

===UltraEdit-32 [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
[http://www.ultraedit.com/ UltraEdit-32] is a powerful text, HTML, and HEX editor. It is a commercial editor with a 30 day trial version available at the website. Important features:
* column/block mode editing
* brackets/braces matching
* code-folding
* configurable syntax highlighting via custom [http://www.ultraedit.com/index.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=40#wordfiles wordfiles]
* autocomplete (using keywords defined in the wordfile)
* bookmarks, incremental searching, CTAG support
* automatic conversion between Unix/Dos/MAC/UTF-8, etc
* built-in FTP/SFTP client

The following syntax files are available for UltraEdit.
* [http://podryk.googlepages.com/LSL_Wordfile.txt Podryck Sands] Last updated April 12, 2007.
* [http://stryfe.org/lsl_wordfile.txt Stryfe Lowell] Last updated 2007-04-15. Based on the original [http://www.lslwiki.net LSL Wiki] and updated based on release notes. Currently at LSL 1.14.1.2.

==Macintosh Editors==
===TextMate [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
You can find details about Piero Padar's well-maintained TextMate bundle in the [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?p=1041958#post1041958 Scripting Tips forum]. TextMate is a commercial Mac OS X text/program editor from [http://macromates.com/ Macromates].

There is a 30 day trial version available on their website.

===SubEthaEdit [{{HoverText|''C''|Commercial Software}}]===
This a great text editor with extensible language support. It also happens to be an incredible collaborative editor. Info at: http://www.subethaedit.net/

There is a contributed LSL mode by Zarf Vantongerloo. The mode is a little out of date and could use some love. But in general works great, doing syntax hilighting of LSL funcitons and adding a pop-up menu of all functions, states and event handlers to the top of the window.

An update LSL mode by Mark Lentczner is available now from the SubEthaEditor [http://www.subethaedit.net/modes.html User contributed modes Repository].

==Linux Editors==
[http://kate-editor.org/ Kate] is an advanced text editor for KDE. Usually included in all KDE based distributions.
A [[Kate LSL Mode]] is available on this wiki.