Andrew Otwell
2005-Jun-02 15:37 UTC
[OT] Anyone for writing a Ruby language module for BBEdit?
I know many people on the list like TextMate for Ruby/Rails editing, so please don''t flame me for this request. I''m a long-time BBEdit user, I gots my keyboard shortcuts in my hands and brain, and I really don''t want to switch. Anyone on the list capable of writing a BBedit Language Module for Ruby? Would you do it for money? BBEdit does not support Ruby as a "first-class" language, meaning it doesn''t do Ruby syntax coloring out of the box. There''s a third-party language plugin that sort of works, but it''s from 2001 and hasn''t been updated. It can''t even properly highlight Ruby comments. I''ve made a BBEdit "Codeless Language Module" for Ruby, which does syntax higlighting pretty well, but Ruby functions don''t appear properly in BBEdit''s function drop-down, since the CLM parser only understands C or Pascal style function definitions. Bare Bones has told me that they have no plans to add Ruby support. So: I''m looking for someone who''s got the chops to write a Ruby Language Module for BBEdit using the Plug-in SDK[1]. I''d be willing to organize an effort to collect money to pay you for your time if so. If you''re interested, let me know off-list. Thanks! Andrew [1]http://www.barebones.com/support/develop/plugin_sdk.shtml (the SDK requires CodeWarrior)