# iThoughts Advanced Code Editor #
**Contributors:** Gerkin  
Plugin URL: http://www.gerkindevelopment.net/en/portfolio/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/
**Tags:** editor, editors, tool, tools, ace, ace editor, ide, help, programming, code, development, syntax, highlighting, syntax highlighting, check  
**Stable tag:** 1.2.10 
**Requires at least:** 3.3  
**Tested up to:** 4.5
**License:** GPL3.0

Integrate the Code Editor Ace into your WordPress editors to help you write efficient code! Now provides code checking for your PHP files!

## Description ##

Writing code directly into your WordPress editors have never been so easy. [Ace](https://ace.c9.io/#nav=about), the famous Code Editor used by [Cloud9 Web-IDE](https://c9.io/), will perfectly fit your needs to be more effective and reduce coding errors. **It now comes with a code check process on PHP files, to never again crash your server down!**

### Features ###
* Replace the Appearance and Plugin editor with ACE
* **Checks your code to avoid submission if syntax errors are found!**
* 34 themes to style your editor the way you'll love it
* Automatically adapt the syntax-highlight to the language of the file
* Automatically adjust editor size to fSnippetsit your screen and give you a bigger work-area
* Auto-completion for PHP, HTML, JavaScript and CSS
* Auto-close parenthesis, brackets, HTML tags, etc etc...
* Auto-indentation
* Syntax and code checking with markers in editor to easily find errors
* Possible to enable ace editor in client-side by a shortcode (usefull for forums with code tips)
* Works well with [iThoughts HTML Snippets](https://www.gerkindevelopment.net/en/portfolio/ithoughts-html-snippets/) to create re-usable pure HTML or hard-coded PHP snippets

Where WordPress says **Code Is Poetry**, iThoughts Advanced Code Editor reply **Code Is Calligraphy**

For more informations, please visit the [dedicated plugin page](http://www.gerkindevelopment.net/en/portfolio/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/)

## Installation ##

Either install through admin panel (this is the eaiest way), or:

1. Upload `ithoughts-advanced-code-editor.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
2. Unzip the archive
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

## Frequently Asked Questions ##

This section is empty for now.

## Screenshots ##

###1. Option page of iThoughts Advanced Code Editor with a test ACE editor###
![Option page of iThoughts Advanced Code Editor with a test ACE editor](https://s.w.org/plugins/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/screenshot-1.png)

###2. Edition of a plugin file###
![Edition of a plugin file](https://s.w.org/plugins/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/screenshot-2.png)

###3. Information tooltip and completion suggestions in a theme CSS file ###
![Information tooltip and completion suggestions in a theme CSS file ](https://s.w.org/plugins/ithoughts-advanced-code-editor/screenshot-3.png)


## Changelog ##

### 1.2.8 ###
* FIX Sometimes cleared the file content if query string empty

### 1.2.7 ###
* FIX Add missing support of scrollto parameter in theme & plugin editors

### 1.2.5 ###
* FIX CodeChecker handles correctly files ending with HTML template (last `?>` after last `<?php`)
* FIX Admin JS don't trigger errors anymore when there's no submit button.

### 1.2.4 ###
* FIX clean forgotten var_dump

### 1.2.3 ###
* FIX Deployer config file was mis-configured
* FIX Default options were not initialized, which can cause crashes

### 1.2.1 ###
* UPD Changed deploy script

### 1.2.0 ###
* NEW CodeChecker: Syntax validity checking
* UPD Client-Side shortcode
* UPD Scripts

### 1.0.2 ###
* FIX Toxic update because of WordPress SVN silly

### 1.0.1 ###
* FIX Explicit base resources path for ACE

### 1.0.0 ###
* NEW Initial release


## Upgrade Notice ##

### 1.2.8 ###
Correction of a critical fail

### 1.2.5 ###
Improve behavior on PHP files ending with HTML template

### 1.2.4 ###


### 1.2.3 ###
IMPORTANT FIX! Please update, a mis-initialized var cause troubles!

### 1.2.0 ###
Introducing CodeChecker: part 1. This module will check your PHP file to detect syntax errors
It will help you avoid crashing your site with typos or other syntax faults.

### 1.0.0 ###
Initial release