Programming Question

Is there a program that does the code for you? Like Microsoft Frontpage does HTML. Is there one for scripts and stuff?

Thanks,
Brandon Davis

Brandon,

Not that I'm aware of.

Something like like Lilac Soul's NWN script generator (http://lilacsoul.revility.com/ ) should be possible, but is beyond my ability.

LSL is to abstract to be easily done. Sure you could write a pseudo code shell for LSL but you would still need to learn the pseudo code for it. The pseudo code would look alot like the LSL code to the point that it would be just as easy to learn LSL. But I suppose you could make a visual logical LSL Editor like AVE Visual Editor for AviSynth. (AviSynth is script based video editing and processing)

Screenshot of AVE Visual Editor

Psuedo.

Pseudo.

~_~ forgot to spellcheck.

Good question. Is there a code editor, along the lines of HomeSite, that would allow you to import the LSL script objects/functions/operators etc.? Honestly, the light LSL scripting I have done has all been in HomeSite or TextPad, but a more intelligent editor would be a godsend.

http://secondlife.com/badgeo/wakka.php?wakka=AlternativeEditors

I use SciTE-ez

Adding precomiling support (also an updated lex file at the end of the thread)
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dream weaver works, because the out put of html is visual. Scripting is a way of automating tasks. Witch most of the time has no visual refrence. You could turn them visual with logic pictures, but that probable wouldn't be any easer for the biggener. The best that could be done would be recording what an avatar dose, kind of like apple script. But then you end up with code that dose one thing exacty one way. Witch wouldn't be all that usefull. and many of the thing in scripting can't be done with the client. And many thing you can do with the cllient are not suported in sls.

I guess there could be a building block thing, but if you did not under stand programing. It would still be useless. Like having the keys to the car, but not knowing what the car is , where it is, or how to use it.

I don't think DreamWeaver is exactly analogous. If you've used MS Visual Studio (yeah, don't hate me 'cuz I'm a Microsoft hack) or some sort of visual SDK that provides features like command and function trees, objects and properties in dialogs, and real-time auto-complete kinds of features, that's along the lines of what I was personally after. I wouldn't need to render a "preview" of the scripted functionality.

I did download SciTE, but I'm having trouble compiling it -- probably because I'm still on an older version of the .Net framework. Based on the screenshots, though, I think it's more along the lines of what I would personally like to have.

I use Code-Genie for LSL, myself... (I also use it for HTML, PHP, Javascript, and a few others). I plan and write all of my LSL code in Code-Genie, then copy & paste it into the editor window in-game.

Code-Genie (http://www.code-genie.com) is a great little editor. Its basically a text-editor on steroids - it nicely color-codes things based on the language you want to use. It also has auto-indenting features, "find-close-bracket" (or parenthesis) functions, and a bunch of other handy little tools. Its simple, efficient, and can be tried for free (although the author has disabled a couple of features in the demo).

I created a syntax file for Code-Genie that mimics the coloring in the SL Script Editor, and imported every function, keyword, and (almost) every constant from the entire language by-hand. You can find the syntax file here:

http://warpedspace.netfirms.com/lsl/

Take care,

--Noel "HB" Wade
(Tread Whiplash)

Damn my dyslexic draobyek!