Re: [Caml-list] geany as an ocaml ide

[Louis Gesbert <louis.gesbert@ocamlpro.com>]

Hi,

No offence taken :). OCamlEditor indeed looks like a very interesting project, 
with lots of features already present. But the scope and project goals are not 
the same though, so I think ocp-editor still has a place on its own ;

One of our main goals is to make IDE bricks available publicly, so I think the 
projects can benefit to one another. I would be glad to borrow some widgets from 
OCamlEditor, and it could use automatic indentation or better toplevel process 
interaction.

If the author -- Francesco Tovagliari -- is around here, I would be glad to know 
how he feels about this ?

--
Louis Gesbert, OCamlPro

Le mardi 12 février 2013 00:24:36, Martin DeMello a écrit :
> Hi Louis,
> 
> That looks very interesting. Sorry if this seems like a rude question;
> I truly don't mean it that way, but if your editor needs a few months
> of work, why not work on a stripped-down interface for OCamlEditor
> [http://ocamleditor.forge.ocamlcore.org/] instead? I remember when I
> was learning web development I enjoyed using Evrsoft's "1st Page" IDE,
> which had modes that would add or remove bits from the interface as
> you progressed from beginner to power user, and something like that
> would be very nice to have for OCaml.
> 
> martin
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Louis Gesbert
> 
> <louis.gesbert@ocamlpro.com> wrote:
> > OCaml is definitely lacking in this area; I am at the moment working
> > precisely on solving this issue, with a dedicated Gtk editor that runs
> > on Linux, OSX and Windows. It is pretty basic at the moment but already
> > has code edition and working toplevel interaction (no compilation or
> > project yet).
> > 
> > Release is intended in a few months from now, with sufficient features
> > for beginners and students. If successful, it will then be extended to
> > handle bigger projects (multi-file, build system integration, etc.).
> > 
> > Until then, you may see the project's github page at
> > https://github.com/OCamlPro/ocp-edit-simple (name temporary)
> > 
> > --
> > Louis Gesbert, OCamlPro
> > 
> > Le Monday 11 February 2013 01:49:41, Martin DeMello a écrit :
> >> I spent some time last night going through all the "what is a good
> >> (beginner's) ide for ocaml?" threads I could find online, and trying
> >> out the various options suggested. I ruled out the following:
> >> 
> >> * vim, emacs and eclipse (not beginner-friendly; people who want to
> >> use them will know how to do it)
> >> * anything that did not provide a binary install for Windows and OSX,
> >> and wasn't a simple configure/make/make install on linux
> >> * anything that needed fiddling with config files just to install it
> >> * anything that needed the OCaml sources to be independently present
> >> and configured (!)
> >> * anything that was abandoned, or didn't seem to support OCaml 4
> >> 
> >> I was left with Geany and Komodo Edit as possibilities, and Geany won
> >> out by letting me open up a test.ml file and immediately being able to
> >> find and run the OCaml compiler. At least on Linux, it was a perfect
> >> beginner-friendly experience.
> >> 
> >> So what do people think about ocaml.org officially promoting Geany as
> >> the answer to "I'm learning OCaml; what is a good IDE?"? I'd be happy
> >> to write up a page on it and contribute it.
> >> 
> >> martin
> > 
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