CAD-Lisp support for Geany

NedCAD
NedCAD
in LISP

For those looking for a cross-platform editor, I recently added CAD-Lisp support to Geany.

As I am doing more and more development work on Linux, I wanted a single editor and workflow for both Linux and Windows.

Features include:

  • CAD-Lisp file type recognition
  • Syntax highlighting for BricsCAD Lisp code (and OtherCAD)
  • Custom function highlighting
  • Improved brace matching
  • Linux and Windows support

Documentation and download:

https://vanderworp.org/notes/cad-lisp-support-for-geany/

The CAD-Lisp wordlist is based on work by Torsten Moses.

Comments

  • Knut Hohenberg
    Knut Hohenberg

    Thanks a lot.

    Blade is still so unstable on Linux…

  • Roumen
    Roumen

    I can't thank you enough!

    Geany is the way to go - thanks for pointing me to it!

    Roumen

  • ALANH
    ALANH
    edited August 27

    I use Notepad++ which has Lips support, I am on windows.

    One option to consider for Geany, in Notepad ++ you can select code then run that code in your CAD. Which is very handy. It uses an ActiveX addon.

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  • NedCAD
    NedCAD
    https://forum.bricsys.com/discussion/comment/59667#Comment_59667

    Thanks for the suggestion. I can certainly see why running selected code directly in CAD is useful.

    I looked into how this could be implemented for Geany. On Linux/X11, the selection could be written to a temporary Lisp file and xdotool could activate BricsCAD and load it. That would work, but it is GUI automation rather than a proper interface. It depends on X11, is likely to break under Wayland, and would require a completely different implementation on Windows, such as ActiveX.

    This would therefore introduce platform-specific and rather fragile code into what is currently a straightforward language-support module. I prefer to keep the module portable and concentrate on solid CAD-Lisp editing support: syntax highlighting, symbols, completion and related editor features.

    For running selected code directly in CAD, Notepad++ with its ActiveX add-on remains the better solution on Windows. Linux users who really want similar behaviour could still create a local Geany command or script tailored to their own CAD and desktop environment.