Use an external text editor with the proper color code for Igor syntax
LeChat
Tue, 02/28/2017 - 02:39 pm
I still do not have Igor 7 :( but I run 6.37 wish is still very nice for me.
Though, my procedure window is very messy, with a lot of functions coded in it. And I believe I can't open an additional procedure window, right?
Therefore I would like to use another text editor, such as SublimeText to code in Igor and the just copy-paste it to my Igor Procedure window.
Would you be so kind as to tell me which color syntax would fit better Igor coding?
I tried C and Matlab up to now...
Thank you for your help and very nice support
PS: I found this http://www.igorexchange.com/node/7237
but did not find any answer to by issue...
February 28, 2017 at 02:40 pm - Permalink
As for which editor to use, that's your choice. We don't have any recommendations for external editors. Some users have written syntax definition files for various editors, some of which you can find on IgorExchange. I don't think you'll get very good results using a syntax definition file for another language though. If you want to write your own syntax definition for Igor, the FunctionList and OperationList functions in Igor will come in very useful.
February 28, 2017 at 03:27 pm - Permalink
I've started a list of editors with Igor Pro support at http://www.igorexchange.com/node/7572.
February 28, 2017 at 04:09 pm - Permalink
February 28, 2017 at 04:10 pm - Permalink
Windows->New->Procedure Window
You will also want to read:
DisplayHelpTopic "Organizing Procedures"
That help topic is pretty near the top of the Programming help file, which you may wish to read.
John Weeks
WaveMetrics, Inc.
support@wavemetrics.com
February 28, 2017 at 04:19 pm - Permalink
http://www.igorexchange.com/project/syntaxcolor
March 6, 2017 at 09:42 pm - Permalink