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- January 28th, 2009,
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Espresso wish-list
- 28 January
I've been using Espresso since the first private beta came down on us. Here's a compilation of my wishes.
I’ll try to skip the UI stuff as it needs to be re-designed from scratch in my opinion.
- Smart code indention - when pasting the code should auto adjust its indention depth.
- Smart quote – select a string, hit single-quote or double-quote and presto, the string gets automatically quoted. This is super handy while working with JavaScript.
- Color picker – while working with CSS files what I need is a dynamic color picker, you select a hex or an rgb value, hit Cmd+Shift+C and the picker appears with the passed color value pre-selected.
- That’s actually definable inside the theme file.
More accurate syntax highlighting – especially JavaScript syntax. Methods should have different color than variables. - Find in project – a simple global search (and replace), please?
- Shortcuts – more of them. Where’s the project filter shortcut.
- Bracket highlighter – just like
CodeCoda and TextMate do it. - Subversion integration – at least show which files are to be committed.
- Fixed
Command+W – should close the active tab no the project window as it currently does.
Make it happen good people of Macrabbit!
8 responses so far. Care to add one yourself?
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@oskar January 28th, 2009 at 14:31
Espresso Wish-list – http://tinyurl.com/daxswh
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Dominik Porada January 28th, 2009 at 20:06
Ad. ?W—it’s not gonna happen, I’m almost sure, why should it? For instance, look at Safari—it doesn’t work this way and it’s one example of the greatest native apps.
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Oskar Krawczyk January 28th, 2009 at 20:17
Cmd+w in Safari closes the tab not the window – which is my point.
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Simon January 28th, 2009 at 21:44
Hehe, I misread the cmd+w thing too.
But, almost everything you wish to see changed is in Coda already. So why bother with Espresso? :)
(and I’m assuming you mean Coda with “Code”)
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Oskar Krawczyk January 28th, 2009 at 22:13
I’ve rephrased the last point :-) Coda is too heavy and clunky to use, the syntax coloring is incredibly laggy. I have given it a go more than five times, always finding myself going back to TextMate after a day or so.
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Simon January 29th, 2009 at 17:00
Interesting, I don’t find Coda too heavy at all. It’s fast, works smooth, and has boosted my productivity incredibly. I’ve tried Espresso, liked a few things, but find it much less usable for everyday use.
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Mikolaj January 29th, 2009 at 17:34
Feel the difference, use Vim.
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Phunky February 23rd, 2010 at 17:28
I also find Coda to be laggy, think it’s down to the theme as when I turned off “Line Selection Highlight” it seemed to work a lot faster.
I would like to see the following:
- File folder tree, I don’t like to be forced to work in projects.
- Open everything in tabs, I hate new windows.
That’s it other than that it’s more or less perfect thanks to its custom sugar support you can more or less tweak it to how you like.
