Hi,
Your script looks really interesting. I'm trying to run it on my
system (Ubuntu 11.10). "wombat dir" and "wombat ls" work fine, but
when I try to run "wombat edit <filename>" (e,g, wombat edit test.py),
I get the following errors:
/usr/local/bin/wombat: line 69: wls: command not found
/usr/local/bin/wombat: line 70: wls: command not found
/usr/local/bin/wombat: line 75: wls: command not found
usage: dmenu [-b] [-i] [-l lines] [-m monitor] [-p prompt] [-fn font]
[-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]
DEBUG ''
It looks like my system doesn't have a "wls". Is that "ls -1" or
something else.
Not sure what the second error is or if it is related to the first.
Thanks
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:18, Amy de Buitléir
I've been using Xmonad for years, and have it customised so that it perfectly suits the way I work. So I hate using most IDEs because they have their own idea of how the edit panes, etc., should be laid out. And I often want multiple terminal windows associated with a project, which most IDEs don't support.
Finally I hacked together my own minimal "IDE" in the form of a shell script. I've been using it for 6 months now, and I find it very convenient. To give you an idea how I use it, I associate each project with a different Xmonad desktop. One keystroke invokes the editor. If the current selection is a filename, it will be opened. Otherwise, it prompts me for a file to edit using dmenu (so I usually only have to type a couple of characters to find the file I'm interested in, no matter where it's located in the directory structure). The selection can include line and column information, e.g., "MyProg.hs:8:15:"; the cursor will be set to that location.
You might be interested in trying my script if:
1. You want an ultra-lightweight IDE.
2. You use an Xwindow manager that automatically lays out your applications. (I use Xmonad, but you should be able to use wIDE with any Xwindow manager.)
3. You want to edit files using the editor and terminal of your choice.
4. You don't need an IDE to find function, variable and class definitions for you. (I might add ctags support late, but for now, wIDE is probably best suited for one-person projects.)
5. You're familiar with Unix shell scripts. (wIDE is a small shell script, so it's easy to customise and extend.)
The current version is available at http://code.google.com/p/wide/ . Happy hacking!
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