LOVE IDE

[ishkabible]

i was wondering if there are any projects to create a love IDE. the only thing i don't like about love is that i have to drag a folder onto the desktop everytime i want to test it. i could make a simple IDE but nothing fancy. if i made it, it would be an editor with syntax highlighting, a way to manage project folders, zip the files into a .love file, and run it. i was wondering if there was anything anyone was doing that would be better than my minimalist IDE (my hypothetical IDE)

[Robin]

i was wondering if there are any projects to create a love IDE.

Yes. Many of them. All have perished. (EDIT: another LÖVE IDE topic, in which I've listed other IDE projects.)

the only thing i don't like about love is that i have to drag a folder onto the desktop everytime i want to test it.

It would be easier to run LÖVE from command line, that's how I and many others do it. Another option would be to make your editor run it, but whether that's possible depends on the editor you use.

[ishkabible]

im using SciTi right now as its my favorite Lua Editor. can SciTi call the command line? moving the folder is easier to me that using command line so i would like to now that SciTi could do this. ill look into it real quick, please tell me if you know any thing.

[ishkabible]

yep, SciTi has a property's file for each language it supports, all i had to do was change it to pass my project to love when i ran it. this is perfect!! however everytime i take on a project with Lua or Love i will have to change it

[Robin]

this is perfect!! however everytime i take on a project with Lua or Love i will have to change it

No, you don't.
See http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1037 for details.

[zac352]

i was wondering if there are any projects to create a love IDE. the only thing i don't like about love is that i have to drag a folder onto the desktop everytime i want to test it. i could make a simple IDE but nothing fancy. if i made it, it would be an editor with syntax highlighting, a way to manage project folders, zip the files into a .love file, and run it. i was wondering if there was anything anyone was doing that would be better than my minimalist IDE (my hypothetical IDE)

Or perhaps someone could write a simple Python Gedit extension to allow for the execution of scripts through a drop-down menu of applications.

[kikito]

I have a key binding for doing just that: ALT-TAB , UP , ENTER

Works in both linux and windows. You only need to have a console on the game folder with love . on its history.

[Motig]

I have a key binding for doing just that: ALT-TAB , UP , ENTER

Works in both linux and windows. You only need to have a console on the game folder with love . on its history.

Nearly the same as me, except I press left mouse button instead of up and then drag it down

This takes like <1 second, I don't see what's wrong with it?