In my last post I discussed how HTML was being completed weirdly, and I posted that to the SlickEdit forum.
I got a response back that I needed to pick up a couple patches... so that was cool... I hadn't thought of that, I'm sensitized to checking for updates on something I buy that's shrink-wrapped, but sort of expect the D/L stuff to be the latest... need to make a note to myself about that :)
I Installed all that, and all the HTML tags are now opening and closing correctly.. woohoo... good job!
But...my macro still fell over, so I just re-recorded it, and it still fell over ... grrr... stifling the urge to fire up version 7, I recorded the macro without any of the moving around and pulling content from anywhere... just the empty HTML.
This is taken from the edit window when I finished recording the macro:
<dt><a href=""><u></u></a></dt>
<dd></dd>
and I gave it a name. When I ran the macro I got this:
<dt><a </href=""><u></u>
<dd></dd>
I'm reminded of the one character from Charley Brown saying "Don't sigh like that sir, it breaks my heart"
So now we're waiting again.
At this point, I'm wondering if some of the macros I use are working just because Version 7 wasn't as smart as the latest. The macro language has a lot more'stuff' in it... just recording the same macro in both versions produces code that looks a lot different, and I'm thinking that some of the intelligent interacting with the editor is getting in the way of my macros.
But that jury is still out since I can't record and play back consistently.
Another somewhat minor annoyance has to do with what I've got mapped to "Insert". I'll have to look and see what's actually suggested to be mapped to that because the method I'm using is now sticking a line_down (or whateveritscalled) at the end of my insert, so that I'm always having to readjust the line I'm on after inserting something.
Like I said... this is probably just my old macro assignment pointing at something that I no longer should be, but haven't gone looking for it yet.
On the plus side... I really like the toolbars. I've got open files toolbars, and can browse through the classes. I think I had that in V7, but it didn't work as slick, so I had it turned off.
Also when I do a search, it pops up a box with the last searches, and context-sensitive auto-fill options, which is very nice.
Oh wait... just tried something off the Tips screen, and this is *WAY COOL* .. I'm in a macro, and the cursor is on something, let's pick "last_event". I hit ctrl-. and it goes to the definition. "So what" you say? ... well... it set a bookmark there, and ctrl-, will get me back... now that is just cool. I spend a lot of time going back and forth between code and database layer stuff or helper files, and lots of times forget to set a bookmark. Using this, it just does it for me, and since I have all the old macros defined against ctrl keys, I'm already all over that!
I'm not giving up on it, but I need the macros to work!
-Dave