Key Features

1. Syntax highlighting

   

   LuaCoding supports Lua programming language syntax highlighting. Users may customize font facename, font size, color and other formats of syntax elements. Syntax highlighting settings may be stored as theme, so that users may share their favorite settings with others.

2. Project Management

   

   LuaCoding provides powerful project management features. All project management features can be accessed from the main menu or the context menu in Project dockable view.

   There are 4 levels for users managing their files, including solution, project, folder and file.

   LuaCoding can open and manage only one solution at one time. One solution may contain one or more projects. One porject may have one or more folders, and one folder may include one or more files.

   Folder is an abstract concept used to classify files, but solution, project and file do represent real files in file system. The solution file takes the extension name .cssln, and the project file takes the extension name .csprj. Files can be all types of real files except solution files and project files.

3. Code Snippet

   

   LuaCoding provides a set of Lua code snippets for users. These snippets can only be used in Lua source files. DForD LuaCoding would detect the current in edit- ing documents type, switch the snippet set and use the right one for the document.

4. Lua script debugging

   

   LuaCoding provides powerful debugging functions, users can either debug individual Lua script interpreted by official Lua interpreter, or debug embedded Lua script used by other applications which embed Lua interpreter. LuaCoding would detect the target application type, then decides the debugger working mode, nothing should be done manually.