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If you’re using Xcode for your ActionScript work, you really should be checking out the Xcode section of OSFlash. There’s some pretty cool stuff showing up there. It’s where I found XASH, and Sam Robbins’ Actionscript code highlighter plugin can be found there as well.

If you’re using that plugin, it adds some language definition files to Xcode for AS code completion. Michael Bianco has created a new set of definition files that you can copy into Xcode that updates the code completion for Flash 8, as well as adding code completion. As much as I like Xcode for writing AS, I really missed the code completion that you get with the Flash IDE or with SEPY. It’s nice getting the completion of the function names, but what I really missed was the parameter suggestions. Seems like no matter how many times I use setInterval(), I always manage to forget what order the parameters are entered in.

Pretty awesome, huh? Now if we can get the Class Modeller to work…

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December 2nd, 2005

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8 Responses to “Updated ActionScript files for Xcode”

Mike Says:
December 2nd, 2005 at 10:39 am

Yeah, the class modeler would be sweet. I dont thats going to be possible though unless apple decides to open up the Xcode plug-in interface.

Sam Robbins Says:
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:04 pm

Yeah I tried getting the modeler to work a while back but after contacting Apple the put the nail in the couffin so to speak. They wont support other languages or a way to extend it. I hope they change their minds and open up Xcode a bit more.

seth Says:
December 5th, 2005 at 1:58 pm

i miss the flash ide code completion as well but i’m learning how to use xcode.

is there a directory I’m supposed to drop xash into to run?

Josh Says:
December 5th, 2005 at 2:03 pm

Once you download XASH, you should be able to just double-click XASH.app and run it that way. It’s not fully integrated with Xcode yet.

Jed Wood Says:
December 6th, 2005 at 1:30 pm

Josh-
Good to find some more fellow Actionscript Xcoders. I just switched over a few months ago.

Quick question– is there any way to make the code hints pop up automatically? As it is now, I have to tap the “Esc.” I have my prefs set under “Code Sense” to show after a .25 second delay, but I can’t get it to work without hitting “Esc”

If you have any ideas, drop me a line (I don’t see a feed for comments here, so I probably won’t see any replies).

Thanks.

Jed Wood Says:
December 6th, 2005 at 1:31 pm

Duh. Comments feed in the footer, sorry.

Josh Says:
December 6th, 2005 at 1:43 pm

You know, that’s a good question. I haven’t figured that out either. I’ve just gotten used to hitting ESC, which means now that if I’m just coding a quick little thing in the Actions panel in Flash, I hit ESC out of habit.

Josh Says:
January 13th, 2006 at 7:04 am

They have. I’ve got a new project I’m working on that requires Flash 8 just because I used setTimeout(). It’s kindof a silly reason to require 8, but it made coding it up so much easier.

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