Introducing the Addin
When I use a tool I want to know how it works. With Open Source Software this task is not
so hard: download the source code, open it with your preferred editor (actually I'm using
Scite) and try to understand what was on developer's brain when he was writing code.
This is what I have done with MonoDevelop.
Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 in order to develop my .NET applications, I was impressed
about the number of useful add-ins found on the web, so I've decided to develop my own tools
in order to improve my work when using MonoDevelop to write code.
The LAASTools Addin is developed with MonoDevelop and is released as a single DLL to be used
in your MD instance.
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The first version (0.16.0) of LAAS Tools has been released, enjoy it and
provide your feedback in order to improve the Addin. |
Available Tools
Actually LAASTools Addin contains the following tools:
- Copy C# Code as HTML
Allow you to select an arbitrary number of C# code from your applications and copy it in the system clipboard formatting code with HTML. The result is that you can easily copy your code and paste an HTML Formatted version of it in a Web Page.
This Tool is useful when you need to publish portions of your code in a web page.
The code behind the tool is strongly inspired by the good work of Jean-Claude Manoli with his C# Format online tool.
- Paste Text as...
Allow you to copy text from an external resource (such as file, web page and so on) and to paste it in your C# file selecting the type of target destination between String, StringBuilder and Comment block.
Addin Customization
If a tool can be customized then you will find its own settings in the Option Panel of MonoDevelop, just selecting the menu Edit->Preferences and choosing the "LAAS Tools" item.
TODO
I'm planning to add new tools to the Addin. If you want to provides your own feedback or any kind of suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me using the contact form in my main site (laas02) or by sending an email to me.
