Writing NetLogo code outside the NetLogo IDE

[matt sommers]

Does anybody code NetLogo outside the IDE?

I typically use vi and EMACS for my development and would love to continue using those tools?

Cheers!

[Jeremy Baker]

Hey Matt,

It is possible, but it's not totally seamless.  The easiest way is to use an `__includes []` directive to link to a separate code file and use that file for all your model's code instead of the "main" code area from the nlogo file.  That way you don't have to worry about NetLogo saving over your code because of a change to the interface.

The problem with this is after each change in your external editor you'll have to save and manually force a check/recompile of your code in NetLogo; it will not automatically see the change as it does when using the integrated editor.  It should work just fine, but it may take some time to get used to the workflow. 

There is at least one GitHub issue to improve this behavior, but it doesn't have a timeline for implementation:  https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/issues/1267

Also, be aware of this issue with the `__reload` primitive: https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/issues/1617

-Jeremy

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Does anybody code NetLogo outside the IDE?

I typically use vi and EMACS for my development and would love to continue using those tools?

Cheers!

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[Michael Tamillow]

You use vi and EMACs? Simultaneously?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SsoOG6ZeyUI

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