> > I'd much rather we leave the editor basic, and focus development efforts > on OpenSCAD itself. > No need to focus any effort at all: it's already done; it just has to be merged in the main branch. > > 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. > I strongly disagree. In any case if you don't use the built in editor, what's the reason for opposing the enhancement? Would be better to just write an Eclipse plugin for OpenSCAD syntax. Far > easier than writing a full featured text editor. > An external editor is always cumbersome to use. I used to do that with OpenSCAD's old version which was using a rather rough text editing component. Maurizio