Command line Editing in Console?
Working in the Roku console ("BrightScript Debugger>" prompt) is quite tedious if it has to be done for a long time. In particular i am missing the ability to recall previous commands and edit them. T...
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I agree with EnTerr. I've tried installing Eclipse on 3 prior occasions and gave up on it for various reasons. Anything Java'y has always given me headaches. I'd rather use Notepad++ or Visual Studio or Atom or anything else, particularly since the features you need from an IDE for BrightScript development don't exactly need to be "full-fledged", at least for the stuff I work on.
It can't be that hard to write a Windows console program that interfaces with the Roku Debugger, and provides better command-line handling than a Telnet client.
I have a few free days while I'm off work sick. I think I'll get to work on it.
- Command history
- Line-based input instead of character-by-character input
- Arrow keys: up, down, left, right
- Maybe session logging and support for utf-8 output as well?
It can't be that hard to write a Windows console program that interfaces with the Roku Debugger, and provides better command-line handling than a Telnet client.
I have a few free days while I'm off work sick. I think I'll get to work on it.
- Command history
- Line-based input instead of character-by-character input
- Arrow keys: up, down, left, right
- Maybe session logging and support for utf-8 output as well?
