Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

bcKq · **Author**

Hello. I want to start writing plugins in SourcePawn. I wrote plugins for CS 1.6 (amxx) and I was using Notepad++ AlliedModders edition and looking for something like that. Is there any editor plugin (most preferably sublime text 3, or notepad++) to use? Or does sourcepawn have any sort of IDE? Also, do I have to manually compile using the compiler from scripting folder?
I can write plugins, but finding editor is hard (with highlightning etc). I saw some threads on this forum but they are, well, old.

thecount · 01-29-2016 , 21:53 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

I primarily used Notepad++ when I began coding SourcePawn, but I have recently swapped with SPEdit. It is compact and effective.

bcKq · 01-29-2016 , 22:21 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

Disowned · *Last edited by Disowned; 01-30-2016 at 22:07.*

I use Sublime Text 3 with the syntax highlighter here: https://github.com/Dillonb/SublimeSourcePawn

Along with a few edits to make 1.7 syntax show up, you can see in the pull requests what those are.

Its very convenient with a little build script you can use Ctrl+B to compile with if the file is in /scripting

PHP Code:


			
{
    "working_dir": "${project_path:${folder}}",
    "shell_cmd": "spcomp $file"
}

Another thing, I also use windows 'Hardlinks' to hardlink the compiled plugin to the plugins directory.

KissLick · 01-31-2016 , 05:03 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

Notepad++ with many tweaks (syntax, compile, projects, automatic version increasing, etc...)

neatek · 02-01-2016 , 12:40 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecount

but I have recently swapped with SPEdit. It is compact and effective.

Thanks. Best sp editor.

statistician · 02-04-2016 , 03:21 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

I'm running linux so SPEdit is not an option for me. Using Atom at the moment; it has a sourcepawn package for syntax highlighting.

Phil25 · 02-04-2016 , 03:47 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

I'd say a script editor which lets you compile the code, move it and fire a command to a running server is a necessity. SPEdit can do that, pretty sure that Sublime could do these things too but never bothered to research it enough to know.

ThatOneGuy · 02-04-2016 , 21:28 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by KissLick

Notepad++ with many tweaks (syntax, compile, projects, automatic version increasing, etc...)

^This.

While SPEdit has a lot of functionality, it is much slower than I care for. There are several syntax highlighters with autocompletion on here for NPP. Then, you can use NPPExec to compile. Here is a sample script to compile:

Spoiler

Use the keyboard shortcut mapper to make it compile with one button combo, showing the console output below. For the output, you can customize the looks of warnings, fails, etc. You can click on the line to go to the error/warning, etc. NPP also has many tools for navigation and more, but I dont use much more than the above and a few other addons, like the python indent tool...keeping it nice and light/fast.

**headline** · 02-04-2016 , 21:46 Re: Scripting in sourcepawn (editor?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy

^This.

While SPEdit has a lot of functionality, it is much slower than I care for. There are several syntax highlighters with autocompletion on here for NPP. Then, you can use NPPExec to compile. Here is a sample script to compile:

Spoiler

Use the keyboard shortcut mapper to make it compile with one button combo, showing the console output below. For the output, you can customize the looks of warnings, fails, etc. You can click on the line to go to the error/warning, etc. NPP also has many tools for navigation and more, but I dont use much more than the above and a few other addons, like the python indent tool...keeping it nice and light/fast.

That One Guy helped me with this about 8 months ago and it's the best way. Super efficient