Coding in the OPML Editor

By: Ted C. Howard on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM

Things I Like About Coding in the OPML Editor Permanent link to this item in the archive.

the structure of code is easy to see and follow Permanent link to this item in the archive.

re-arranging code blocks is easy Permanent link to this item in the archive.

a useful debugger is built in to the editor Permanent link to this item in the archive.

most of the tool is written in itself Permanent link to this item in the archive.

I can see sourcecode for most of the built-in "verbs" Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Things I Don't Like About Coding in the OPML Editor Permanent link to this item in the archive.

No syntax highlighting Permanent link to this item in the archive.

No code-completion Permanent link to this item in the archive.

No live syntax checking / typeo prevention Permanent link to this item in the archive.

text rendering "feels" off compared with other text editors Permanent link to this item in the archive.

text typing and keyboard navigation is a bit slow Permanent link to this item in the archive.

The undo buffer only goes back one edit Permanent link to this item in the archive.

no support for source control systems (svn, git, etc.) Permanent link to this item in the archive.