Abbreviations (or macro expansions) in the editor: c Ctrl-B ==> cube([]); t Ctrl-B ==> translate([]) and so on. I implemented it so many years ago but got fed up of asking to put the code in the main branch. Still quite boring to re apply patches to every new release too. Maurizio

I'd much rather we leave the editor basic, and focus development efforts on OpenSCAD itself. OpenSCAD works very well with your editor of choice (I use vim), while at the same time trying to make OpenSCAD a first rate text editor would be a huge effort.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like most advanced OpenSCAD users aren't using the built-in editor anyway. On 2/1/20 12:35 PM, maurizio butti wrote: > Abbreviations (or macro expansions) in the editor: > > c Ctrl-B ==> cube([]); > t Ctrl-B ==> translate([]) > > and so on. > > I implemented it so many years ago but got fed up of asking to put the > code in the main branch. > > Still quite boring to re apply patches to every new release too. > > Maurizio > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org

Would be better to just write an Eclipse plugin for OpenSCAD syntax. Far easier than writing a full featured text editor. On Sat Feb 01 16:12:14 PST 2020 joe@lostapathy.com said: >I'd much rather we leave the editor basic, and focus development efforts >on OpenSCAD itself. > >OpenSCAD works very well with your editor of choice (I use vim), while >at the same time trying to make OpenSCAD a first rate text editor would >be a huge effort.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like most advanced >OpenSCAD users aren't using the built-in editor anyway. > >On 2/1/20 12:35 PM, maurizio butti wrote: >> Abbreviations (or macro expansions) in the editor: >> >> c Ctrl-B ==> cube([]); >> t Ctrl-B ==> translate([]) >> >> and so on. >> >> I implemented it so many years ago but got fed up of asking to put the >> code in the main branch. >> >> Still quite boring to re apply patches to every new release too. >> >> Maurizio >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >_______________________________________________ >OpenSCAD mailing list >Discuss@lists.openscad.org >http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org -- Tigers prowl and Dragons soar in my dreams...

This is about 30% of my comments on this mailing list: I think the built-in editor is largely superfluous and time would be better spent elsewhere. On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 10:18, John Lussmyer <Cougar@casadelgato.com> wrote: > Would be better to just write an Eclipse plugin for OpenSCAD syntax. Far > easier than writing a full featured text editor. > > On Sat Feb 01 16:12:14 PST 2020 joe@lostapathy.com said: > >I'd much rather we leave the editor basic, and focus development efforts > >on OpenSCAD itself. > > > >OpenSCAD works very well with your editor of choice (I use vim), while > >at the same time trying to make OpenSCAD a first rate text editor would > >be a huge effort. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like most advanced > >OpenSCAD users aren't using the built-in editor anyway. > > > >On 2/1/20 12:35 PM, maurizio butti wrote: > >> Abbreviations (or macro expansions) in the editor: > >> > >> c Ctrl-B ==> cube([]); > >> t Ctrl-B ==> translate([]) > >> > >> and so on. > >> > >> I implemented it so many years ago but got fed up of asking to put the > >> code in the main branch. > >> > >> Still quite boring to re apply patches to every new release too. > >> > >> Maurizio > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenSCAD mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.openscad.org > >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > >_______________________________________________ > >OpenSCAD mailing list > >Discuss@lists.openscad.org > >http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > > > -- > > Tigers prowl and Dragons soar in my > dreams..._______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

Any chance the rendering can be made multi-threaded? That would speed things up a bunch. -- Bobcats and Cougars, oh my! http://john.casadelgato.com/Pets

1. 3D alignment/arrangement. Every tool which has not integrated alignment functions has failed or doomed to fail. relativity.scad attempted to do it but not completely. 2. OOP/language. Make it easy for programmers to write. I can’t even write not so complex function 3. Stop been pathetic. I needed to make a mold out of STL and OpenScad can’t close the polygons. Tinkercad can do it but not OpenScad?! Fix it! 4. Blazing fast rendering. Not so complex mixes take forever to render. On 2/1/20, John Lussmyer <Cougar@casadelgato.com> wrote: > Any chance the rendering can be made multi-threaded? That would speed > things up a bunch. > > > -- > > Bobcats and Cougars, oh my! http://john.casadelgato.com/Pets