Use external IDE for Livecoding

#1

Hey there! Huge fan of the software & community here :slight_smile: I’ve been playing a lot with the livecoding bits of OsciStudio and while editing the code inside OsciStudio’s editor window works fine for smaller programs, I’d love to be able to use an external proper IDE for editing larger files (so I get auto-format, code completion, etc.) and have OsciStudio simply have a file “watch” those external file(s) and update as needed. Or if auto-reload is too complex in that scenario, i’d also be fine with having to manually re-compile in OsciStudio whenever I change externally.

Of course my solution for now is simply copy-pasting from my IDE into OsciStudio but i’d love for something more native in a future release. Cheers!

OsciStudio Version: A7
Operating System: Windows 11

#2

Hi!

Well, the only thing you can really do at the moment is save your oscistudio file somewhere and inside the livecoding you type #include "my_file.h"

Then create that file, my_file.h and edit it in any editor you like. Everytime you want oscistudio to reload, just add/delete a space or a newline or something like that.

It’s not ideal, and i’m considering making this more practical in one of the next versions.