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Coding in the OPML Editor Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Things I Like About Coding in the OPML Editor

the structure of code is easy to see and follow

re-arranging code blocks is easy

a useful debugger is built in to the editor

most of the tool is written in itself

I can see sourcecode for most of the built-in "verbs"

Things I Don't Like About Coding in the OPML Editor

No syntax highlighting

No code-completion

No live syntax checking / typeo prevention

text rendering "feels" off compared with other text editors

text typing and keyboard navigation is a bit slow

The undo buffer only goes back one edit

no support for source control systems (svn, git, etc.)