Project wide, search and replace

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

Hi all,

As I'm learning this language, i find the need search for code bits.

Is there a way of searching all the files in the project ?

Even if it means using a 3rd party product like textpad on the windows folders.

moopf · June 2013

You might be best looking at one of the alternatives, the Gideros IDE is very basic and appears to be staying that way.

There's Lua Glider: http://www.mydevelopersgames.com/Glider/
Info on setting this up here: http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/3398/glider-1-9-21-with-better-gideros-support#Item_1

Also ZeroBrane: http://studio.zerobrane.com/

Might be others as well, they're just the two that are posted about most on here.

I did suggest, a while ago, that they open-source the IDE to allow others to build upon it to make it a much better tool but I don't think there's any chance of that happening, unfortunately.

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@ moopf thank you, I'll give them a try.

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@moopf, ive got ZeroBrane.

- extract it
- ran the exe
- set the project directory to where my project folders are
- in ZeroBrane i see all the folders.
- within the folders i see the .lua files

But i cant see my images/audio files etc. (it looks as the file structure does in windows)

im guessing i need to import the project somehow :-?

moopf · June 2013

Sorry I don't use ZeroBrane so I can't help with that. I was just highlighting some alternatives you could try. But actually, reading your original post again, does the Edit -> Find in Files option in the Gideros IDE not meet your needs?

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@moopf the Find in Files will be ok. ill just search using that and stick with the Gideros Studio. Thank you.

bowerandy · June 2013

@ArtLeeApps, I don't believe that you can currently use ZBS completely independently from Gideros Studio. It doesn't understand the Gideros project files. So what you have to do is use Gideros SDK to upload your files to the player or device and then you can switch to using ZBS and run/debug from there.

You can also make modifications in ZBS from then on but if you add or remove a file then you have to go back to Gideros Studio to make the change there.

It might be that @paulclinger (the author of ZBS) will make some changes in future to make this process a little more seamless.

best regards

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@bowerandy,
thanks for that, i had a look at the YouTube tutorial on zerobrane that showed live debugging. So i can see what you mean. It would be nice if you could code the entire project in one place as you say though.

Is glider a full IDE ?

What do most people use to develop, or is it Gideros Studio.

paulclinger · June 2013

@ArtLeeApps; thank you for the feedback. It's likely that it will be possible to do everything from ZBS, but @bowerandy is correct that there are still some steps that Gideros IDE (or you) need to do. For example, you can open and edit the project file in ZBS to add/remove files, but the IDE will not (yet) do it for you.

If your project structure doesn't change, you should be able to do everything else from ZBS. You can start/debug your projects locally and you should also be able to debug them remotely (I need to update documentation on how this can be done).

alexzheng · June 2013

@atilim,it would be better to add batch relace in gideros studio

loucsam · June 2013

I use a cygwin window and use grep command to search. There will be an equivalent command to replace as well, in the unix shell. Too lazy to search for an exact solution, as I wouldn't replace this way, but I do search with grep, then use Gideros Studio to go and modify it.

If there we a real lot of changes across a lot of files, I'd look into a shell command method.

moopf · June 2013

Did anybody notice in the status report posted yesterday a little gem about Gideros Studio possibly going open source?

atilim · June 2013

@moopf, yes. one of the reasons that I've separated exporting from Studio is to make it open source.

moopf · June 2013

@atilim That's great, I didn't think it would happen. I wish I had the time to run with it and build upon it when it's open sourced. Hopefully there will be some people here who will

atilim · June 2013

but Studio is basically a text editor which uses gdrbridge and gdrexport. I don't want to discourage you but there is nothing fancy in it

OZApps · June 2013

@Atilim, that could be a little confusing, you might want to specify that the Gideros Engine is not what is going OpenSource, but the IDE that is to avoid any misunderstandings.

atilim · June 2013

@OZApps oh yes. only the IDE will be open source.

moopf · June 2013

@OZApps I agree, it could be a little confusing. I've always thought of the IDE as Gideros Studio and the engine just as Gideros but yeah, I'm sure it would confuse lots of people.

@atilim If you're open sourcing the IDE, will you also be open sourcing the helper apps (texture packer, font creator)? Just curious.

atilim · June 2013

@moopf, interestingly today I was thinking about the same. Although we need to think more, there isn't any problem to make helper apps open source.

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@atilim

if the IDE is open source, would there be the standard download, then you add features via plugins that you want to add to it, developed by forumians ? Then as plugins are found be useful and stable it would be added to the standard download ?

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

@ArtLeeApps unfortunately there is no plugin system right now, but still additions from forumians are welcome and will be included if deemed stable and needed.

Right now, I think it could work through Fork & Pull model.

OZApps · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen, I guess a detailed guide (I do mean detailed, step-by-step) for all platforms, Windows, Mac, *nix that outline how to create binary plug-ins rather than simply copying the C/C++/Java code to the project prior to compilation. As each platform and tools have their own issues and 32-bit or 64-bit compiled, etc.

ArtLeeApps · June 2013

@ar2rsawseen ok i had Google "Fork & Pull"...... up until that point i was nervous

mydevelopergames · July 2013

Hello Everyone,

Over the last few weeks we have been trying to achieve seamless integration between Glider and Gideros. We have tried our best to faithfully represent all the dialogs and options everyone is used to from Gideros IDE. For instance the "graphics", "input", and "iOS" tabs look pretty much identical to Gideros IDE:

We have taken liberty to change the way the dependency manager as well as file attributes (ie "no execute" and "downsizing") are presented. We feel this UI is more intuitive and can get the job done faster.

We would like help testing the Gideros integration. Ultimately Glider will be able to fully read and write Gproj files thus eliminating the need to switch from editor to editor.

If anyone needs a trial extension please let us know.

Regards,
M.Y. Developers

mydevelopergames · July 2013

@atilim,

but Studio is basically a text editor which uses gdrbridge and gdrexport. I don't want to discourage you but there is nothing fancy in it

We would really like to know about the gdrexport tool. It does not seem to be anywhere in the current Gideros distribution, is it scheduled to be released soon?

Regards,
M.Y. Developers

ar2rsawseen · July 2013

@mydevelopergames both gdrbridge.exe and gdrexport.exe should be provided with Gideros installation, inside Gideros installation Tools folder.
You can check more on it's usage here:
http://members.giderosmobile.com/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=59

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