Possible to add more colouring options in script editor?

[ustk]

@observantsound You might want to try using an external editor. I use Sublime but it won't give you much more colours. However Atom seems much better at colouring javascript (Hise script is recognised as javascript) and the only reason I didn't switch fully to Atom is that I am used to Sublime...

In Hise there is a option in the settings allowing the project to be recompiled as soon as a file as changed (so when you saved it in the external editor)

[David Healey]

@ustk Atom's dead, Pulsar is the replacement. But there are probably better options line Zed or LiteXL

[ustk]

@David-Healey Great I live in the past...

[observantsound]

@ustk That's what I used to do when working with Kontakt.
I was hoping to find a visual studio code solution since I've been getting more familiar with that IDE.

Doesn't it throw compile errors though since it's not true Javascript? Like namespaces are apparently not a thing in Javascript.

[observantsound]

@David-Healey What are those?
I've never heard of either of them.
Are they all IDEs?

I actually do like the Hisescript editor and the auto complete of API and your own variables is also a really nice feature that I'd prefer to not give up.
It's mainly the lack of color that bothers me a bit.
Especially if you have lots of line that are just pure white.

What would you recommend David?

[David Healey]

@observantsound said in Possible to add more colouring options in script editor?:

Are they all IDEs?

They're code editors like Sublime. With extensions you can get some IDE like features too. I use Pulsar for editing xmls, html, etc. For writing HISE scripts though I work inside HISE's script editor, the lack of colours doesn't bother me, but maybe it's just because I'm used to it.

I think Zed is probably a better editor than Pulsar but I'm too stuck in my ways to look into it properly. Pulsar is built with Electron so it's kind of slow, especially for very large files like sample maps.

[Chazrox]

@ustk said in Possible to add more colouring options in script editor?:

Sublime but it won't give you much more colours

Have you seen the options in menu VIEW / SYNTAX ?

@observantsound

[observantsound]

@David-Healey Im curious, if you don't mind: Why use something like Pulsar specifically for editing certain file types if programs like Sublime or VSCode come with extensions for making those things easier? Just preference and force of habit?

I really don't come from a coding background and am kind of learning as I go.
But from my IT friend I got the impression that he uses VSCode (or terminal) for everything.

[observantsound]

@Chazrox I know it has a lot of color options, but I don't think I'm willing to give up on auto-complete for more colours : /

[David Healey]

@observantsound said in Possible to add more colouring options in script editor?:

Just preference

Pretty much