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Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

Stilgar — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:53:10 GMT

Can Microsoft stop calling JavaScript JScript already. People ask me what JScript is when I post about your "JScript Editor Improvements"

posted by Stilgar

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

Novox — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:28:59 GMT

They cannot (well, at least not without licensing the trademark "JavaScript" from Oracle); JScript is the name of their implementation of the ECMAScript standard.

posted by Novox

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

Stilgar — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:52:03 GMT

Are you sure that the trademark JavaScript belongs to Oracle? How are Mozilla and Google using it then? What is more this is an editor extension. Surely they can create editor extensions for a language which name is a trademark registered by Oracle.

posted by Stilgar

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

DiryBoy — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:46:07 GMT

I am using JSEnhancements(http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/0696ad60-1c68-4b2a-9646-4b5f4f8f2e06). It works in both js and css. It doesn't support highlight current word or , but I think it's better.

posted by DiryBoy

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

GalacticBeacon — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:12:38 GMT

DiryBoy: I haven't used either so I'm curious if you could give us a few examples of why you think JSEnhancements is better?

posted by GalacticBeacon

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

Moondevil — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:08:40 GMT

JavaScript does not have anything to do with Java, besides a similar name.

Oracle does not have any control over JavaScript.

posted by Moondevil

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

AKM — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:43:49 GMT

Moondevil, perhaps not control, but Oracle owns the trademark: JavaScript (tm)

posted by AKM

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

behdad — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:46:47 GMT

Another thing that would be interesting is "go to definition" for the objects and methods in java script.

posted by behdad

Re: Visual Studio Toolbox: JScript Editor Extensions

asd — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:28:03 GMT

I'm not sure if that's even possible to implement, because of how js works. Let's say you have 3 files with methods:
a.js
doSomething() { }
b.js
doSomething() { }
main.js() {
doSomething();
}
then you can include in web page either a.js, or b.js. So while editing main.js VS wouldn't know which file to reference

posted by asd