Squint

by
sbsmac

Description:
Squint is an editor and static-analyser (error-checker) for ArmA2 and Operation ArrowHead script files.
This tool will automatically update to the latest version after installation and if not just run the setup.exe again.


Features:

It can work with .sqf, .sqm, .cpp and .ext files

It can perform syntax colouring of your scripts as you work

It can analyse your scripts for errors and warn you of them as you work

It can suggest fixes for common mistakes

It can work on files inside pbo'd missions or addons

It can 'expand' included files and macros to help debug preprocessor-related problems

To learn more about some of the new features, see these two links:

Shell integration

Other features

Installation:
Just run the .exe file
You might need to install .Net4
The program will appear in your 'Start' menu under "Mac's Tools -> Squint"


Squint Overview:




Squint - getting started:




Squint - presentation showing the new 'views':




Changes:
* Support for the following file-extenstions: *.ext;*.sqm;*.cpp;*.hpp;*.rvmat;*.bin;*.cfg;*.pbl
* Line-numbers have been added to the code-window.
* Search and replace have been added
* An 'undo' feature has been implemented
* A basic auto-indent has been implemented; you can auto-indent code as you go along or select a region and hit TAB to auto-indent.
* Auto-complete/intellisense has been implemented. When enabled, squint will monitor your typing and offer you a choice of possible completions in a pop-up dialog box. This really saves a lot of time and effort for those long BIS_fnc_.. names! Auto-complete can also offer you completion for local variable names that are in scope and can help you avoid 'bracket-fatigue' by offering completions for common control constructs, eg "for [{},{},{}] do {};" as a completion of "for".
* The colour scheme is more flexible than before. You can change the background colour and font used by the file-list and error-list and you get an immediate preview of your colour-changes for the code-window.
* You can import and export colour 'themes'; I hope to host some user-made themes on the squint website over the next week - please contact me via the BIS forums if you have a colour-scheme you'd like to share.
* BIS & ACE function names have been added to the dictionary as 'known' global variables.
* An external helper app allows shell-integration. Just right click on a file to open it in squint !
* Support for binarised files is now implemented. You can edit the contents of config.bin or any other binarised file, even those already inside pbo's.
* The error-detection phase is now much faster for large multi-file projects.
* The code-window now has much less flicker when jumping around within a file.
* As well as the new features, a significant number of bugs have been fixed including one that could cause squint to hang while idle.


Forum topic:
- BI forums
- Official forums

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