Hey guys,
I was looking into UnityDevelop as it seems to be the only thing for Unity Javascript that has autocompletion.
My question: is there anything out there for Mac?
Can DreamWeaver do custom autocompletion??
Please let me know what’s out there!
Thanks so much!
Dreamweaver won’t do it as dreamweaver only understands JS, not UnityScript which has to large parts nothing to do with website javascripting.
Is there any app that can do autocompletion for Unity script on Mac?
What do you use?
Thx!
MonoDevelop - and we code in C#. It wont help you if you chose UnityScript
We develop on Mac with UnityDevelop through virtualization and a bridge program we assign as the Unity editor (which relays files/line #s to the virtualized UnityDevelop).
Thanks for the info guys, I understand.
Thanks also Matthew for making UnityDevelop available to us.
I’ve installed it on VMware fusion and it’s running without problems.
Could you tell me how exactly you have Unity talk to UnityDevelop? You’re mentioning a bridge program… how exactly does that work?
Also, isn’t it a hassle to wait for Windows to start when you want to do some coding? Or does it work okay for you guys?
Thanks!
Textmate — Very customizable, and there are already bundles out there for Unity JavaScript (which includes autocompletion) C#, Boo, and Shaderlab.
Thanks, Lab013. That helps.
I installed TextMate and the Unity/Javascript Bundle from the Wiki.
Everything works without errors, but I don’t understand the autocomplete.
Apparently you’re supposed to hit ESC when you start typing a word… but when I do, it just completes it without giving me options to pick from nor an explanation from the scripting reference.
Is that how it’s supposed to work?
Could you explain a little bit about the workflow using TextMate?
Thanks so much!!
Also, it doesn’t highlight predefined variables like ‘CharacterController’, or ‘Vector3’, does it? Or am I doing something wrong?
You can change how the binds work by using the bundle editor, and changing the key bindings. You can also change colors in preference and stuff.
The current version of Textmate doesn’t support realtime variable saving (they are supposedly adding that in the next version). That can be a little bit annoying at first ( I came from Xcode which is imo the king of autocompletion and real time variable saving ), but I got used to it reasonably quickly. Really, the upsides of Textmate far out-weigh the downsides, its very nice to be able to change virtually every aspect of everything. You can also write debuggers, command-line commands, wizards, that all will run in Textmate.
It will highlight various predefined variables (its all up to the bundle designer), so for me Vector3 does highlight, so does transform, player, and things like that. You can add new ones though, by just editing the Unity Javascript bundle a little bit.
The ESC-autocomplete in TextMate is really basic but largely powerful enough for most cases. It simply completes the current word by looking back- and forward in the current document for matches. You just hit ESC again to cycle through the matches (and shift-ESC to cycle backwards).
My Boo TextMate bundle includes autocomplete of all Unity methods using alt-ESC and will present you with a pop-up menu of all matches. (As well as tooltips for all properties and methods using ctrl-ESC). That kind of autocomplete is a per-bundle feature so you’ll have to check what a specific bundle offers for additional features.
If you don’t see the Unity stuff highlighted (e.g. Vector3) then check you’ve selected the Unity-specific language bundle. There are two bundles for all three Unity languages: A general one without Unity highlighting and a Unity-specific with the highlighting and you might have to select the one with “… (Unity)” in the name first.
That’s great info!
Thanks a million guys!
I’ll probably see myself switch between both options all the time.
If there’s anyone though that develops a text editor for Mac that has visual script support for Unity, I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it.
Thanks again!!!
-Tornado222