I have found a plugin (EELSTools.gtk from http://www.dmscripting.com) which I want to modify.
The plugin contains nearly every function I need, but I want also to integrate some extra functions.
Does anyone know how to open .gtk files?
You can't and shouldn't.
*.gtk files are packages files with the purpose of encapsulation. This might either be because of convenience, but it might as well be, because the author does not want to make the code open-source. (Note that there are some proprietory plugins as well, they are also .gtk files.)
If you have found a plugin and want to expand on it, the best way forward is to contact the plugin-author.
The *.gtk files get loaded before *.s files. If you install your own script from DM Menu Install Script File or Install Script, you can add it to the menu that the *.gtk file has, e.g. EELSTools. It is added at the end of the list. For example, I put a measure ZLP width script in EELSTools.
I'm trying to analyze one Maven module of a Java project in Intellij IDEA using the Analyze->Inspect Code menu item. I have restricted the scope of the analysis to that project. When it runs the analysis, it gets to a phase called "Perform Backward Analysis" where it is looking at files outside of the module I ran the analysis on. Specifically, it is running the analysis on a large number of XML and HTML files that are used as part of the help documentation of the project and are not related to the code.
At the rate it is going, it is probably not going to finish the analysis this decade, so how do I either get Intellij to really only look at the files in the current directory, or turn off backward analysis, or exclude the XML/HTML files from the backward analysis so that it eventually finished?
When you go to Analyze->Inspect Code, the dialog gives you the option to limit to the "Current file" or the module that is active in the editor when you invoked it. You can also define a custom scope such as just java files or files in a particular package.. Click on the button with the ellipsis. In the dialog, click the help button for the syntax for defining scopes.
You can create a custom scope to do this. If you have a look at the custom scope dialog you'll find an option to exclude selected paths, or you can simply type a pattern, such as !*..*.xml.
IntelliJ allows you to configure the "File and Code Templates" in Settings.
This is a global setting, however I want different templates depending on which project I am working on (for example there will be different #author tags if its commercial / open source work, and version information varies by project).
Eclipse manages this on a per-workspace basis; how can I achieve the same thing in IntelliJ IDEA?
Unfortunately per project templates are not supported in IntelliJ IDEA. I recommend you comment-on/vote-for/track the feature request Make file templates per-project. (See UPDATE about this feature request below)
A few workarounds you can try...
Create a File Template for each project. Then when you create a new class, use the project's template rather than the standard "Java class" template. It will clutter up your template list a bit, and you have to remember to change from the default template when creating a new class (remember than inline search is available in the new class dialog when setting the type). But it is workable.
The copyright settings are done on a per project basis. Sometimes a need for a specific header can be met using the copyright utility (even if it is not an actual copyright statement). The options are pretty good for determining where it gets placed. The one shortcoming will be that while you can configure it to be a comment just before the class declaration, you can only configure to be a block comment or inline comment, not a javadoc comment.
Finally, a last option would be to write a live template for each project with the header information. Then after you create a class use the proper one to place the header information.
Hopefully those things will help while we wait for the feature to get implemented.
UPDATE
The above mentioned feature request to allow for file templates to be saved on a per project basis has been implemented in IDEA v14.1. It is currently (Feb 2015) available as an EAP (i.e. beta). It is scheduled for release at the end of Q1 2015.
Is there a program (Java program) to format code according to Java code format conventions?
Does an Ant task exist?
There is an Ant external task for Jalopy.
http://ant.apache.org/external.html
http://jalopy.sourceforge.net/
http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#adding-external-tasks
Hope this helps
Eclipse will automatically do this for you if you tell it to. or at least it will do an awful lot of it. I doubt it would rename variables to meet the coding standard though.
Click on the properties for you project and look at the options under "Java Code Style"
You will have to open each file individually and save it though.
You can also install CheckStyle to enforce coding standards.
I currently use Programmer's Notepad with the Rebol syntax scheme. It's not bad--does any insightful person have another suggestion?
For my Windows programming work I use the Zeus editor, but I'm not sure if it does Rebol?
Another windows option is TextPad. It is commercial but it is quite a useful editor.
There are 2 Rebol syntax files available from the official site
http://www.textpad.com/add-ons/synn2t.html
I also wrote a TextPad syntax file generator uploaded it to rebol.org
http://www.rebol.org/view-script.r?script=textpad-syngen.r
It is probably quite easy to modify this script to support other editors.
vim.
Especially with the following binding in your _vimrc/.vimrc:
nnoremap <Leader>fr :w<CR>:silent ! %<CR>
In normal mode, Leaderfr saves your current file and executes it: (fr is a memo for 'fast-run')
:wEnter save current file
:silent execute without messages: ! open shell % paste current file name Enter
Leader is usually \ key, I have this mapped to spacebar. In case anyone is interested on how to do that, post a comment.
Programmer’s Notepad better than Crimson Editor with Code Folding and Great Project Management
http://www.pnotepad.org/
It's opensource so you can even modify it in C++
For Windows, there is Crimson Editor or E with the REBOL bundle.
For Mac, there is TextMate.
Emacs, I believe has a REBOL syntax too.
Sublime Text is a really nice Windows editor (commercial, but reasonably priced) that supports TextMate configurations (well, at least for syntax and snippets) so if you manage to get a REBOL bundle from somewhere, you can use it with this.
SciTE also has REBOL syntax coloring support because the Scintilla editor component it's based on includes this.
Notepad++ should also support REBOL syntax coloring, being Scintilla based, but as it is currently distributed, the support is not compiled in. If you're so inclined, you could probably compile it yourself and add the support back in. It might be worth it because Notepad++ is quite a good editor too.
I can't include proper links because I don't have enough rep, but this should do:
www.sublimetext.com
www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
www.scintilla.org/index.html
notepad-plus-plus.org
http://rebol.wik.is/index.php?title=Notepad%2b%2b
which is a REBOL plugin for Notepad++
I use JEdit which not only has REBOL syntax highlighting but also auto-indenting. It has most of the features you'd expect from a text editor (e.g. block selection, configurable keyboard shortcuts).
There are versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux so if you choose to work cross-platform you won't need to learn a new editor. The web page is Jedit.org1
I use UltraEdit.
with its advanced project, syntax highlighting, macro, command-line control and total keyboard shortcut configuration, per language and project, you can program the editor to do just about all of what you need at a single click of the mouse, or keyboard.
my setup starts rebol on any file, and assigns a launch "default project script " to a shortcut, so wherever I am in the files, I still launch the project's relevant script. change project, it will run that new project's scripts. another key for unit tests, another key for "find in all opened files, etc, etc..
also, the actual text-exiting, when combined with a few macros which create functions, objects, and more using the clipboard and "currently highlighted" text makes it much faster than any Visual IDE including MSVC.
ultra edit itself has thousands of other advanced features, and they all work... really they do.
I've tried other editors and they always fall short when I start to push them.
yeah, you have to buy it... but its cheap (like one or two hours of your life salary ;-)
so considering you might use it for several months or years... its a cheap investment.
also, ultra edit is now released on linux and the mac port is just around the corner.
I use EditPlus for several years, it is not free but not expensive. It has Rebol syntax highlighting file (downloadable from its web site).
It is especially useful & very fast if you work with huge files (over 100 mb) or with lots of files (say 300 files.), find & replace takes a second.
For syntax highlighting and a simple autocomplete, you can use http://komodoide.com/komodo-edit/.
It's free and open source with several nice features, including folder browsing while editing, which I personally find very useful.
There is also a bunch of other languages supported in case you want to take a closer look and give this editor a chance.