I'm trying out AppCode for a simple Swift iOS application, and the first thing I noticed is it won't highlight any error whatsoever. The build fails with simple errors like use of unresolved identifier 'param', but it won't highlight to let me know said variable doesn't exist. Moreover, the the file analysis (little green checkmark at top-right corner) says No problem found.
I'm using AppCode 2016.1
Do I have to make some kind of extra configuration or similar?
Showing warnings and errors in editor is not yet implemented in AppCode 2016.1 for Swift. This feature is ready in AppCode 2016.2 Early Access Preview. Download it here and in case you interested in updates - read about it in our blog
I am working on a very old project which needs to be updated. Because the program needs to be backwards compatible, the changes need to be made in this older IDE.
There is no built in syntax highlighting that I see. Is there a plugin or menu that I have missed?
Within VB Editor, go to Options then Editor Format and adjust colours.
There are also some 3rd party softwares out there that will enable you to edit your code with syntax highlighting.
UltraEdit Visual Basic Editor
I use an external clipboard (ClipMenu) on Mac OS X 10.8.5 with IntelliJ Idea 13.0.3. It works everywhere else, but breaks consistently in JIdea.
Apparently this is due to a Java bug.
See solution from https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-114252#comment=27-678923 :
Right click on "Application/IntelliJ IDEA 13.app" choose "Show Package Contents", edit "bin/idea.properties", add this property "ide.mac.useNativeClipboard=True", restart intellij.
Using MaxOS 10.9, ClipMenu 0.4.3, Intellij IDEA 13 Ultimate.
Update : This trick will likely hang the UI, "Until given an official ok this is a 'hack' not a 'fix'"
YMMV.
I'm the developer of ClipMenu. Recently I found a workaround for this issue, and released a testing version. If you are interested in it, please try it and give me your feedback.
http://www.clipmenu.com/blog/2014/10/31/compatibility-testing-with-jetbrains-ides/
I am new at FoxPro.
In a program I use, I do not see any intellisense in the editor.
Searched for it in the internet and saw that there is intellisense manager.
In my program it seems that intellisense is enabled.
One interesting point is that intellisense is working as desired in the command window.
But it is not working in the editor.
I tried Ctrl+J and Edit/List Members, still not working.
Do I skip something?
is there already any IDE / tools that if you highlight a function name, it will open the file where that function is defined on the next window so we could understaand what that function does?
you know just wondering.
Visual Studio has a "Go To Definition" feature available in its text editor. When the cursor is on a varible, function, class, and so on, you can right-click and select the "Go To Definition" menu item and it will take you to where the function is defined. If the definition is part of the .NET Framework, the feature will "jump" to the definition in the Object Browser for VB.NET projects or to the "meta-data" of C# projects
Are there any IDEs that don't do this? Every IDE I have ever used had this feature: several Smalltalk IDEs, Hopscotch, several Lisp IDEs, NetBeans, Eclipse, Visual Studio, VisualAge for Java Micro Edition, VisualAge for Java, VisualAge for Smalltalk. Even many text editors can do it: TextMate, Vim, Emacs, Notepad++.
By using something like ctags this is definitely possible, provided of course your favourite editor also has support for ctags. The good thing about ctags is that with a bit of tweaking it can be made to work with almost any language.
In Netbeans you highlight the function -> right button click -> Navigate -> Go To Declaration and it will open the file where this function has been created.
I use Eclipse as my Java IDE and find the F3 key to be the quickest way to open the declaration. Good description of this functionality below (from here):
F3: Open declaration. Alternatively,
you can click on the Declaration tab
(in the Java perspective, go to
Window, then Show View, then
Declaration). This key shows entire
method declarations in the declaration
pane when you click on a method call
in the code.
I haven't used this with other languages editors in Eclipse (Perspectives in Eclipse), but I'd guess the functionality is similar.