Opal IDE

This is some brief information on my idea's for an IDE for Opal, I may begin work on this soon.

Features:

• Syntax Coloring/Styling
  • Comments
  • Keywords
  • Operators
  • Primitives
  • Strings
  • Literals
  • Custom Sets
• String edit mode shows and edits strings without escape sequences
• Background, Text, Selection Colors
• Multiple Undo
• Tab & Space Modes
• Tab Size
• Short cut to writing greek letters (maybe ctrl-g then the letter)
• Re-formatting
  • Re-indent
  • Re-space
    • Operators
    • Separators
    • Keywords
  • Brace placement
  • Comment word wrap
  • Reformat line on return
• Smart Tabbing
• Remove section hiding
• Auto-Save/Backup
• Breakpoints
• Project Management
  • Folders as modules
• Code Completion
  • Close Braces etc.
  • Write Parens after if etc
  • Pattern Completions
• Interactive Search forward/backward
• Find Replace
• Global Find/Replace
• Tab Completion
  • Keywords
  • Operators
  • Modules
  • More
• Block Tab in/out
• Class Wizard
• Compile
• Run
• Possible?
  • File comparison/compare to older versions
  • Class Browser

jwalker@cs.oberlin.edu