[MonoDevelop] SourceView control outside MD..

[buhochileno at gmail.com]

Hi Mike,

Mike Krüger wrote:
> Hi
>
>   
>> First the more obvious one, can be the current MD 2.0 source code 
>> control be used outside MD in a kind of *simple* way? (simple meaning 
>> without need to use the complete MD code as dependencie..)
>>
>>     
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> Yes, just look at the Mono.TextEditor assembly. It contains a syntax
> highlighting managed text editor.
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>   
ok yeap I find it, any simple example to start with? (is this 
Mono.TextEditor a GUI control or the tool to edit text decoupled from a 
GUI control?)
can be used in a winform (mwf actually) context?
>> how easy/hard can be provide some basic c# colour syntax and 
>> autocompletation using that control?
>>
>>     
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> Autocompletion would be hard ... (in fact you need a half monodevelop to
> do that :)).
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ok, just syntax highlighting is good enough ...

>> Finally, where in the MD sources I have to look at to find that 
>> control?, can be used using the compiled libraries included when MD is 
>> installed??
>>
>>     
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> See comment above.
>
> Regards
> Mike
>
>
>   
Regards,

Mauricio