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Does anybody know whether it is possible to write a plugin for visual studio 2010 to implement a different key mapping (emacs in particular) for the C# editor? Are there any examples?
EDIT: Lo and behold, Microsoft has just announced an Emacs emulation extension for VS2010 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/09/01/emacs-emulation-extension-now-available.aspx..
It's definitely possible, although I've only heard about Vim implementations as mentioned in this thread: Free vim add-in for Visual Studio?..
It sounds like you're trying to add an emacs emulation mode to Visual Studio. If so that's certainly possible although it does require a considerable amount of work to be done.
It's hard to describe everything in a simple SO question. However there is a large open source Vim emulation mode available on github you can use as a starting point for understanding the work that needs to go into this
http://github.com/jaredpar/VsVim
You might check out XKeyMacs as a more general solution (in terms of what programs it works with) to getting an Emacs interface:
http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/oishi/indexen.html
I've got this setup to work on VS6, VS.NET, VS2005, VS2008, and VS2010. It also works for pretty much anything that uses "standard" Microsoft keystrokes. You can even apply it to Internet and File Explorer, Firefox, Eclipse, CVI, etc.
It is, however, only for getting an Emacs interface, not a general purpose keyboard remapper.
There is now a plugin by Microsoft to give Emacs keys to VS2010:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/09dc58c4-6f47-413a-9176-742be7463f92
Of course, this won't work with the Express versions as they don't handle plugins.
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I'm new to developing in C# in Visual Studio. While I realize that this question might be a bit subjective, still, what are the most useful extensions out there for a new C# developer using Visual Studio 2012? When I say useful, I mean tools that could guide me to writing better code, point out potential bugs, auto-correct, etc. Tools that would allow me to write better and clearer code while adhering to the style and naming conventions of C#.
As I grow as a C# developer, I feel that I would probably start getting irritated with such auto-correcting tools, but right now it would be really useful. I downloaded Resharper and that seems to be pretty cool and does what I'm talking about. I have also looked at other extensions in the Visual Studio Gallery, but there are so many and it becomes a bit overwhelming.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Justin
I recently fell in love with Flow.
Apart from that some people would suggest Resharper while others don't. I belong to the first category.
First : Resharper from JetBrains, (paid) this tool totally increase coding speed and are simply comfortable. If you're familiar with InteliJ or PyCharm - you'll feel like home.
Second : I recommend using Productivity Power Tools from Microsoft.
And for manage packages and libraries NuGet
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I'm looking for a free, syntax-highlighting, possibly autocompleting "Programmer's textbox" style control for use in a Visual Studio Windows Forms or WPF project. It should work with C# and self-defined languages, and the licence should permit its use in a closed, in-house development tool.
There are pay-for solutions available - something like http://www.syncfusion.com/products/user-interface-edition/windows-forms/Edit would work fine - but I am looking for something simpler, and would prefer not to pay for unnecessary functionality. Any ideas?
I've been using the SharpCode.TextEditor for a few cases, and it works quite well - including syntax highlighting and all.
Check out this Using ICSharpCode.TextEditor article on CodeProject for an intro.
To download it, go to the SharpDevelop web site and download the latest sources. One of the projects included is the Text editor, which you can easily isolate into its own assembly or sub project - you get all the source code, after all!
Scintilla is a powerful, open-source code editing component, and there is a .NET control available for it.
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I'm using my Mac most time at work. At home there's my Windows computer, where I program with Visual Studio my .NET/C# stuff.
Because I want to program outside, it would be great to have an equivalent IDE for my Mac.
Which software are the best solution in my case to have a similar workplace with the same functionality?
I prefer open source, but commercial software is okay too.
MonoDevelop from: http://monodevelop.com/
There is no equivalent to Visual Studio. However, for writing C# on Mac or Linux, you can't get better than MonoDevelop.
The Mac build is pre beta. From the MonoDevelop site on Mac:
The Mac OS X port of MonoDevelop is under active development and has not seen a stable release yet. Recent work described by Michael Hutchinson has focussed on improving the usability and stability of Monodevelop on the Mac. This work will be released in MonoDevelop 2.2. Right now it's not finished, and is very much an alpha.
The question is quite old so I feel like I need to give a more up to date response to this question.
Based on MonoDevelop, the best IDE for building C# applications on the Mac, for pretty much any platform is http://xamarin.com/
Whilst more of a workaround, if you're running an Intel Mac, you could go the virtualisation route - at least then you can run the same tools.
Coming from someone who has tried a number of "C# IDEs" on the Mac, your best bet is to install a virtual desktop with Windows and Visual Studio. It really is the best development IDE out there for .NET, nothing even comes close.
On a related note: I hate XCode.
Update: Use Xamarin Studio. It's solid.
codeblocks.It seems to be good
http://www.codeblocks.org/
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C# simple open source desktop application to learn from?
I'm trying to learn C#, but most of the times I found tutorials for non programmers which are pretty boring, or comparission with other lenguages.
I tried to compile an application that look nice enough as to call my attention and simple enough ( at first glance ) as to be understood by me, but it turns out it was developed in Mono.
I've downloaded VS for C# express edition in the past, but didn't knew what to do next with it.
So my question is:
Does anyone knows about a simple open source Windows Application developed in C# I can learn from?
It doesn't have to be too simple, but most of the ones I've looked so far are pretty complex, since they are production ready.
Thanks
If you dont mind wpf, try BabySmash
These aren't desktop applications but they are good open source web applications done mostly in C# that you could learn from.
http://www.asp.net/community/projects/
Have you tried looking at SourceForge or Code Project?
check out http://www.codeplex.com
There are a lot of sample apps for both winforms and WPF over at windowsclient.net. I'm not sure I would call any of them a reference application, but there sure are a lot of them. :)
I've had tremendous luck with Microsoft's SharePoint, and extending it was a lot of fun and very educational WRT c# and learning to use it. Check out pilothouseconsulting's development dvd for a lot of good initial information on setting up a debugger and such.
A very simple command line grep tool I put on google code. You may find that interesting.
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We have a project with over 500,000 lines of VB.NET that we need to convert to C#. Any recommendations, based on experience, for tools to use? We are using Visual Studio 2008 and we're targeting 3.5 .
I would concur with the comment. You have 500,000 lines of tried and true VB.NET code. Why on earth would you waste any time changing that? No one says that you can't write all new components in C#.
I would consider not worrying about a tool and instead ask yourself, truly, why you are doing this?
Reflector will decompile the IL and produce C# for you, it will be rough, but a decent start.
Did this eval a while back. You will find a lot of "free" solutions that are horrible at edge cases. This commercial product http://www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com is by no means perfect; but, was the best we could find at the time doing real conversion tests. Note: I am speaking only as a customer. If someone has found a solution that in real-world use produces better conversions than this, please let me know.
SharpDevelop has a converter built-in IIRC.
The converter from Telerik works well.
http://converter.telerik.com/
http://converter.telerik.com/batch.aspx
There used to be an add-in to Reflector which creates a complete Visual Studio solution. However, I don't know if it's still available or working, now that Red Gate has taken over Reflector.
I've used this site for a while now for some of my smaller conversions. It has been quite reliable.
According to the site, their converter is based off an open source IDE that has the converter built in, so you might try the "source site" as well.