[Geany-Users] Creating a version of Geany for Microcontrollers

[Frank Lanitz]

Am 31.10.2013 07:05, schrieb lmx:
> On 31/10/13 03:54, Lex Trotman wrote:
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>> On 31 October 2013 13:44, lmx <lmx1 at sapo.pt <mailto:lmx1 at sapo.pt>> wrote:
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>>     Hi guys,
>>
>>     I like a lot geany, it is very powerful, and simple, fast... ;)
>>
>>     I think that it is the best candidate to be the base of a IDE for
>>     microcontroler's...
>>     As the beginning using SDCC(it start to support one MCU of my
>>     interest...STM8).
>>
>>     I don't know how to start :S , I just downloaded the source
>>     code...I see that it is almost a C project ;)
>>     I need to change some things in the graphical fronted...I never
>>     played with gtk, or glade :(.
>>
>>     And worst, I don't  know what files to change and where ...but i
>>     have compiled it successfully. 
>>
>>
>>     Any description of the folder's in the role of geany ?
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>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not sure exactly what you are trying to do.  The HACKING file provides
>> some guidance for adding a language which is the most common
>> adaptation people do.
>>
>> Otherwise you need to ask specific questions.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>>  
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> Hi Lex,
> 
> Thanks,  in advance, for the reply.
> 
> My idea is, drop a lot of functionality, and add others...
> for example:
>  drop support for java,c++,python,etc
> add other functionalities , like some support for MCU's, registers,
> snippets of code to configure things(uart,i2c,spi,clock,etc), almost out
> of the box,etc
> 
> Thanks for the hint on HACKING ;)
> 
> I Look on Git, but I CAN`T find a project already made for any IDE.
> Is there  a project, that already include all the source files, or we
> have to add them file, by file?It's a lot of work only doing that :S
> 
> I suppose you use geany, to build geany right ?

Why not adding features as plugin(s) instead of forking Geany? This will
give you the davantage you don't have to care too much about development
of core functions and also to make usage of all the other plugins.

Cheers,
Frank


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