Re: looking ahead to 3.6

[some_guy]

Søren Hauberg wrote:
> 
> man, 14 02 2011 kl. 09:17 -0500, skrev John Swensen:
> 
>> I'm not sure about the ease of making an editor, but I'm assuming that
>> is a wash.
> 
> Do we really need an editor? Can't we just pick a simple cross-platform
> editor and extend it using plugins (or something like that) ? It would
> be great if there was just some interface that an editor could
> communicate with as that would allow plugins/extensions to be written
> for several editors.
> 
> Søren
> 
> 
> 

+1
I don't want to learn a new editor for every program I use. What would help
is to provide a way (like matlab's mlint.exe) to get my editor to understand
what octave returns. This would allow for a plugin to be used with vim or
editor of choice to help with debugging. If an octave-specific editor is
made, I just hope there is a way to start octave without it, like some
"command line only" mode.  

I guess anyone can contribute in whatever way they want, but in my list of
things I want Octave to do better, an editor (and whatever GUI that comes
with that) is at the bottom.  

On a different note, what if contributors put their mailing address on the
website with a description of their contributions. That way users could vote
with their wallet for features important to them (via check).


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