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IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:50 pm
by programx
Hi, just installed and configured SciTE and LOVE to run any game comfortably with F5, but the problem is that SciTE seems very simple, ie the style I want something more like Eclipse or Netbeans IDE with autocomplete and all these features . I know there is a plugin for Eclipse but not if it's possible to configure LOVE it.
My questions then are: What is the best IDE for Lua? Is it possible to configure LOVE this IDE?.
Sorry for bad english
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/ms-smile.png)
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:55 pm
by T-Bone
Most of us here use simple text editors. Gedit is good. There are a few IDE but few are made with LÖVE in mind.
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:09 pm
by tentus
A lot of us use Notepad++, it's a great program if you're on Windows (
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/).
Here's a link to a Love-specific autocomplete file for NPP:
http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... 014#p34011
And you can learn more on our wiki:
http://love2d.org/wiki/Notepad++
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:11 pm
by slime
I like Sublime Text 2.
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:25 pm
by josefnpat
T-Bone wrote:Most of us here use simple text editors. Gedit is good. There are a few IDE but few are made with LÖVE in mind.
Big bump for gEdit, that's what I use. Usually nano|pico too, but that's because I do a lot of server stuff and can't be bothered with emacs or vim.
If you're running linux, give
geany a shot.
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:40 am
by arahlf
slime wrote:I like Sublime Text 2.
^
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:15 am
by programx
Ok thank you all for commenting, it seems the best option is Notepad + + for Windows, and how lucky I use windows
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/ms-smile.png)
.I will download Notepad + + with the plugin that mentioned tentus for LOVE autocomplete. Although to tell the truth, I like Geany. Is there a plugin for Geany autocomplete for LOVE similar to Notepad + +?
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:58 am
by kraftman
things I dislike about notepad++ :
doesn't look quite as good as sublime
occasionally, for no apparent reason, it forgets all of your settings (load langs.xml failed, etc)
occasionally, for semi no apparent (seems to happen when a dialogue box is open) ctrl+ anything doesn't work.
things I dislike about sublime:
no code folding
can't click and drag text
can't have 2 docs open at the same time (split screen like notepad++)
can't click to add bookmarks.
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:11 pm
by slime
kraftman wrote:
no code folding
can't have 2 docs open at the same time (split screen like notepad++)
![Image](http://i.minus.com/iu2OJ0bg3bNTD.png)
Re: IDE for Lua and LOVE?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:42 pm
by tentus
kraftman wrote:things I dislike about notepad++ :
doesn't look quite as good as sublime
occasionally, for no apparent reason, it forgets all of your settings (load langs.xml failed, etc)
occasionally, for semi no apparent (seems to happen when a dialogue box is open) ctrl+ anything doesn't work.
I can't speak to your first complaint (having grown up on DOS makes everything look good), but I have never had N++ do either of the last two. I use N++ for upwards of eight hours a day, five days a week, for the past half-decade, so I'm very curious as to what you're doing to incite these behaviors, Are you sure it's not in your OS?