A new year and a new update to Code Collector Pro, along with a bit more information about what’s coming in the future. First off the update… CCP 1.1.3 fixes various issues with the syntax highlighting plus an issue with adding new snippets to groups. One hidden new feature though is an extension of some syntax highlighting changes in 1.1.2. A timer was to colour syntax 2 seconds after you finish editing (the delay is in there due to the way the colouring works). Some people has asked for the ability to change the time and as it was an easy addition I was happy to oblige. The line below will change the redraw delay to half a second.

defaults write com.mcubedsw.codecollectorpro M3SyntaxRedrawTime -float 0.5

Now for a bit of what is coming in version 1.2. CCP 1.0 was the basic foundation built upon the core functionality of the free version which is to organise your snippets. CCP 1.1 improved the ways you use your snippets in your workflow with the ability to add and retrieve snippets without needing to move back to CCP. Version 1.2 is all about sharing and this ties in to codecollector.net.

One of the biggest feature requests has been the ability to get your snippets online to various sites. The problem is we would have to work around these sites and work to their tune. And then you have the problem of choosing which site to support. Which is the easiest to tie into? Which is the most popular? After much thought the best solution was to role our own that integrates tightly with CCP and gives us full control over how to push forward, which means that in the future we’ll be able to offer features that no other snippet site out there can offer.

Now all this is a few months away from being finished as we’re wanting to do extensive testing but I’m going to be offering little snippets (no pun intended) of information about what exactly makes up version 1.2 and the first one is of a screenshot of a new feature I’ve just finished adding today (though the icons aren’t finalised yet), the option for a small source list:

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