An IDE Dream

1. Like a lot of open source projects AutoHotkey has a lot of excellent tools and components that their jobs very well but lack a high-level structure to tie them all together in one place. Some day I dream there will be a comprehensive AutoHotkey IDE (integrated development environment):

   Specifically:

   - GUI: Combine SmartGUI, MsgBox Creator, SplashImageCreator, Graphic Buttons, Compile AHK
   - Inclusion of External Components to seemlessly extend funtionality: GDI+, COM, ImageMagick, FFMPEG, 7zip, Curl
   - Editor: Use Scite4AutoHotkey as main editor but add a QuickAHK function to run temporary scripts without saving a new file

   *Wishlist item: Object aware context menu to make GUI changes on the fly (i.e. right-click on text = change font, right-click on a GUI dialouge = change size, change color, etc...)

   I know enough about programming to know this would take someone who understands the fundementals of programming and how to structure things effectively and efficiently.

   For people who do know what that would entail, is it feasible and practical?

   
   

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   spirion
   

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   Posted 5 months ago