Re: 22 years, and about a quarter century of Perl

[harangzsolt33]

I have been using Notepad2 on Windows XP for a long time now. What I really like about it is that it's fast, has lots of features, and pressing Ctrl+L runs the script immediately. The entire program consists of two files : Notepad2.ini and Notepad2.exe (total size: 775 KB).

On Linux, Notepad2 is slow and glitchy with wine, so I use other things like Mousepad or Geany or whatever comes preinstalled with the distro. My three favorite distros are Slitaz, Lubuntu, and Slackware.

At one point, I decided to write my own perl editor in HTML and JavaScript (it's a HTA application in Windows), but I didn't know how to add syntax highlighting while the text is being edited. When the text is displayed (readonly), it's easy to add syntax highlighting, but when it's in a textarea box, and the user can edit things, it gets complicated. I don't know how to do that. Without the syntax highlighting, it's no good. Then the other downside of HTA app is that it will only work in Windows or in a web browser, so it's quite limited.

[Anonymous Monk]

I have been using Notepad2 on Windows XP for a long time now.

I used Komodo Edit for ever but can't get it to run or compile on Apple silicon or some tries at VM. Found Geany on Raspberry Pi and also on Homebrew for macOS. Geany is awesome. The sidebar symbol tab that navigates code by clicking sub names is paradise. The "Overview" plugin adds adds that extra dimension to navigation. Geany wants to be configured for maximum effect:

Edit > Settings
View > Change Color Scheme
Tools > Plugin Manager

Some fun plugins:
Addons
Export
File Browser
HTML Characters
Line Operations
Lipsum
Mini Script
Overview
Save Actions
Split Window
Tableconvert
TreeBrowser

Kudos on attempting to write your own editor with real time syntax highlighting! What I miss about Komodo is the real time bug detection for Perl, that was crazy. But it still runs on Intel...