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Did any of you find a way to successfully use "scintilla commands" on IDE tools?

Alternatives to xdotool for MacOS
https://alternativeto.net/software/xdot ... atform=mac

AZJIO wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:13 pm Alternatives to xdotool for MacOS
https://alternativeto.net/software/xdot ... atform=mac

Well AZJIO, thanks for the answer, but I'm not born yesterday (as we say here in Italy) and can do almost anything with time, patience, and a source code file…
This was mostly to "report a problem to Fred"…

…but Thanks anyway
Piero

PS:

http://purebasic.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1121#p11071

If it is a different process, this method will not work.

I was unable to get full access on Linux and Window using the Scintilla module. The SendMessage_() functions have a limited effect, and in Linux they don't exist at all or I don't know about them. I used xdotool to call the hotkey Ctrl+G to open the "line jump" window and Ctrl+V to paste the number. But I couldn’t press the “OK” button because the “Enter” hotkey didn’t work.

AZJIO wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:26 pmScintilla module

Please see (a very small example of) what I did LONG time ago to help coders, with TextMate as "IDE":

https://digilander.libero.it/usemac/lsl.mov

I also did different ways of auto-completion using a third-party editor. Here's an example
And also I made the AutoCompletionIDE tool

That's not just auto completion, and just a small example…………………………

But here we are talking about Fred; WTF Fred?!?!? (I'm a fan of Fred; don't take me wrong)

AZJIO wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:22 pmAnd also I made the AutoCompletionIDE tool

Does it work on Mac?

Piero wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:32 pm Does it work on Mac?

You need to compile on MacOS and test. Since you don't have xdotool you need to use the clipboard to grab text and paste. There are flags to control this. I have now recorded a video, if you are satisfied with the appearance, then you can try it and I will tell you how to set it up.

One person assembled my program on MacOS and everything worked for him, since then I became confident that all my programs with Linux support will work on MacOS

AZJIO wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:31 pmOne person assembled my program on MacOS

I admire your work with PB, and I'm very curious to know IF/HOW that person was able to send "scintilla commands" to the PB IDE

PS: I can access the PB IDE with AppleScript to get some info, but almost only GET…