Use external application for editing scripts

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  • February 20, 2020 at 8:35 AM #39594

    Bernhard
    Participant

    Hi all,

    as Javascript/Typescript programmer I’m used to the comfort of IDE’s like Visual Studio Code.
    I would like to edit Tap Forms scripts in my preferred editing application. In the _Edit form script_ window I could imagine a button like _Edit in external editor_ which opens the script in a configured editor application and automatically syncs changes back from the editor to the Tap Forms window.

    What do you think?

    February 20, 2020 at 1:32 PM #39604

    Brendan
    Keymaster

    Ya, this would be quite handy. But then the external editor wouldn’t have access to the buttons to get the internal IDs and the code snippets the Tap Forms generates for you.

    February 21, 2020 at 8:16 AM #39614

    Bernhard
    Participant

    That’s right but that could be ignored at this stage. I think the added value by using an external editor is worth it.

    To add internal IDs and snippets Tap Forms could add something like an API which allows interacting between Tap Forms and external editors. May be the Language server protocol is suited for that?

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