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It is common for developers to have a favourite code editor, and the thought of learning a new one is not a pleasant thought. So it’s great that there a number of free extensions available that will help when working with RISC OS source code and filetype syntax.
Editor | Extension purpose | How to use | Extension Link |
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SublimeText | Editor syntax colouring – Hightlights many of the common RISC OS commands with colours (intended for Obey, Command, TaskObey, TaskExec files) | Instructions on the extension page, but basically just install through Package Control | Link |
Nano Editor | Editor syntax colouring – Hightlights many of the common RISC OS commands with colours (intended for Obey, Command, TaskObey, TaskExec files). ARM source code highlighting in the style used by ObjAsm, and JFPatch. CMHG header file colouring. | Reference in your .nanorc with lines like include “~/.config/nano/arm.nanorc” |
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CodeMirror | Javascript Syntax colouring mode for the CodeMirror colouring library. For use with the CodeMirror colouring library, to colour code live in webpages. ARM source code highlighting in the style used by ObjAsm, and JFPatch. BBC BASIC code colouring. | See https://codemirror.net/ for details; live examples can be found on build.riscos.online. | Link |
Pygmants | Part of the lexers used by the Pygments python library. Highlights BBC BASIC text. | Select the lexer `bbcbasic` or use the extension `.bbc`. | Link |
Visual Studio Code | not yet available | not yet available | n/a |