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

[Martin DeMello <martindemello@gmail.com>]

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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