topic How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor? in Discussions

How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:35:26 GMT

1, in this script range, automatically highlight other content that is the same as the selected content;
2. How do I change the background color of the selected content when the script editor is in dark mode?

Thanks!

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:36:09 GMT

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dt = Open( "$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp" );
New Window( "Col List Box Example",
	Col List Box( all, width( 250 ), maxSelected( 1 ) ),
	fontobj = lb = Col List Box()
);
lb << Set Selected( 1 );
lb << Set Selected( 2 );
Wait( 1 );
lb << Clear Selection;

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

jthi — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:07:26 GMT

You can do some style changes from Preferences

If you need some new capabilities, check if wish list item already has item you hope to have and if it doesn't create a new wish list item.

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:37:03 GMT

No effect. I want to set the selected text background color to white

This is how this selected change was not found.

Thanks!

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:56:24 GMT

This is the parenthesized highlight. I found the background color (white).

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

hogi — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:35:55 GMT

JSL editor has many nice features which are still missing in other tools.
- multi region select

- copy current line

- full JSL access to run and edit the script (such meta level feature give you extreme power!)

- Edit / Balance (!!!)

But when you work in sate-of-the-art IDEs and JSL Editor in parallel you feel the pain of

- missing AI support

- restricted syntax highlighting

- limited auto-suggestion

- code referencing

- hover-info for variables and functions

...
No wonder this wish from 2019 got more than 70 Kudos!
Actually, there is just one wish with more Kudos:

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:12:56 GMT

I don't need your auto-complete code.
Because I don't know English at all
My code is complete through the input method,
I fixed my common JSL fragments in code that I could understand.
So I write code fast, it's just a matter of choice.

Thanks!

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:14:17 GMT

I need features like this

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

hogi — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:01:59 GMT

this one?

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:10:16 GMT

Replace in selected area

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

hogi — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:13:44 GMT

Very easy: If you miss a feature in JMP, please submit a wish -- or support an already existing wish with a Kudo such tat JMP developers know that it's not a single user who wants it.

on the other hand:
There is a wish (since 2022) - nobody votes - the wish gets rejected.

At the moment, the wish has the status "Not planned for now".
So, voting is still possible.

Re: How can increase the functionality of the JSL script editor?

lala — Sun, 04 May 2025 07:12:13 GMT

The highlighting of SciTE4AutoHotkey was modified using AI according to the syntax of JSL

It is still useful for frequently inputting a large amount of code.