New program? Again?

John Galt · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:05 am Post subject: New program? Again?

Well, it's true. The INI Editor V2 is already being worked on.
The good news - I have not encountered any problems with it so far, and it will not require as much time and effort as AI E V2, because it has a totally different goal.

As you can see, the following features are already implemented:
- Code highlighting.
- Section tree, listing all items in a logical order (takes about 2-3 seconds, a perfectly acceptable delay).
- Object Inspector (review/edit any object visually)
- Tag Filter (lists all sections which include the requested tag, and inserts the edited code back into the file [all you write in this box will be reinserted flawlessly] ).
- Code completion (the program can suggest possible values for tags such as Category=, BuildCat= , etc. )
- Code templates (for example, if you type "newinf" and hit Ctrl-J, a new blank infantry section will be inserted so you don't have to copy-paste everything). They are fully user customizable.
What you can't see:
- Ctrl-clicking on a word jumps to [word], if it exists.

I'd love to hear more suggestions about it.

Teaser shots:
1 2 3 4

Banshee · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:14 am Post subject:

Meh... as far as I coul see, it's excelent... Does it has a search function?

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John Galt · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:25 am Post subject:

Of course. (And a Tag Filter to accompany it).

No longer do you need to look through the whole file when you want to, say, edit which structures are crewed. You just type Crewed or Crewed=yes into the filter, and voila, all those entries with their section headers are listed. ( Teaser shot #2 )

Banshee · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:

Does it keeps the comments?

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John Galt · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:22 pm Post subject:

Yes.

The DvD · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject:

Will it have a function that will automatically remove unused sections (for example TSTW's rules.ini has a load of BS units that aren't even in the unit list anymore but their stuff is scattered throughout the ini )

Denmon · General **Joined**: 12 Jun 2004 **Location**: /S/weden

OMG!!! Awsome program dude!!!

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John Galt · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

@The DvD: Yes.

Edit: I totally forgot, I figured out the CSF format today ! So you'll be able to directly edit the csf file in this program.

Banshee · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject:

That's a great news Smile

And it doesnt disorganize the ini files, isnt it?

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John Galt · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

It tries not to disorganize anything. You will be able to choose if and how do you want it to organize stuff.

AlteredFreak · Vehicle Drone **Joined**: 18 Jan 2004

wow, didnt think any one would try and make a editor for TS after suned2k but all the more power to ya!

Sparrowhawk · Guest

hey kewl a ini editor program looked everywhere for one but never could find one:D

Pyroguy · Civilian **Joined**: 15 Jan 2005

Kool.

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awrethien · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject:

DCoder wrote:

I totally forgot, I figured out the CSF format today ! So you'll be able to directly edit the csf file in this program.

Idea dont know how you'll like it though... How about a feature that will take the name tag of a unit and automaticly create a name entry for it in the CSF? Or just call me lazy lol...

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christophski the great · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:18 pm Post subject:

now that is a good idea, i got so fed up with thiose stupid .csf files that i gave up even trying to mod ra2.

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