[IDE Tools] Implement better Tool support.
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:39 pm
Hello again,
At risk of sounding very demanding, I would like to ask for another couple of features to be considered please...
Feature 1: Enable a tool to post messages to the IDE output through the stdout (console)..
It would also be nice if said tool can print a message through the stdout (console) that is formatted for the IDE to identify it as an error/warning, thus giving better feedback for the programmer.
i.e. "[Error][file][line number] This is the error message".
Feature 2: Halt compilation (for tools triggered on a Before Compile/Run event) if the tool returns any value that isn't 0.
For instance, if a code pre-parser was developed that adjusted the compilation code (such as adding OOP functionality through custom keywords), if that tool detects an error, rather than spitting out unsafe/unintended code, it could just return -1 for an error for instance... but if everything happened as it should, it could just exit will a null error code.
Thanks
At risk of sounding very demanding, I would like to ask for another couple of features to be considered please...

Feature 1: Enable a tool to post messages to the IDE output through the stdout (console)..
It would also be nice if said tool can print a message through the stdout (console) that is formatted for the IDE to identify it as an error/warning, thus giving better feedback for the programmer.
i.e. "[Error][file][line number] This is the error message".
Feature 2: Halt compilation (for tools triggered on a Before Compile/Run event) if the tool returns any value that isn't 0.
For instance, if a code pre-parser was developed that adjusted the compilation code (such as adding OOP functionality through custom keywords), if that tool detects an error, rather than spitting out unsafe/unintended code, it could just return -1 for an error for instance... but if everything happened as it should, it could just exit will a null error code.
Thanks
