GMEdit

Devlog

• [stable] Compatibility tweaks and fixes
  December 13, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  2024.6 / 2024.8 This release is a continued effort to stop GM IDE from re-formatting files that GMEdit touches, sometimes losing recent changes to them in process. Improvements You can now use /// @is... Continue reading
• [beta, stable] Small things and fixes
  October 21, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  2024.6 / 2024.8 New GameMaker versions become far pickier about YY formatting. This update fixes a bunch of cases where adding resources/events in GMEdit would require GM IDE to “update” the proje... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] Some fixes
  May 25, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements GMS1 room creation codes can now be edited/searched Arrow functions are now displayed in Outline View Fixes Fixed wrong script colors in default dark themes (caused by adding the highligh... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] "Navigate to method" and various tweaks
  May 10, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements You can now navigate to definition of static and instance (Create-event) functions when GMEdit knows what they are (told apart by mouseover info being displayed) You are now warned when n... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] A few things and GM updates
  February 26, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions Added a Godot theme by Topher Improvements Open dialog now allows you to pick whatever files if you have custom dialects installed Added support for CustomKeyStruct<K, V> Object YY files are... Continue reading

  
• [stable, beta] Small fixes and Return Of Coroutines
  September 06, 2023 by YellowAfterlife

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  Coroutines Coroutines are back! Or, well, they weren’t really “gone”, but they are now updated for GM2022+ syntax and no longer cause oddities with linter. I also rewrote the wiki page to hopefu... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] GM2023.4 and multi-level tabs
  June 08, 2023 by YellowAfterlife

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  New things Added support for multi-layer tabs! If you ever find yourself lost in tabs as you go back and forth between a handful of things, this is the one for you. GML updates Added support for $"str... Continue reading

  
• [stable, beta] GM2023.1 support and small things
  March 12, 2023 by YellowAfterlife

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  GM2023 compatibility Added support for Script.staticVar (and a strict linter setting for constructors) Binary literals ( 0b101 ) are now supported. Added support for GMS2023 .resource_order file. Upda... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] GM updates
  December 24, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements vars argument of instance_create_* is now type-checked Added type definitions for time sources Static variables (except for those in constructors) are now highlighted as local to match ID... Continue reading
• [stable, beta] Arrow functions and various improvements
  October 19, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Key points since the last stable release: There’s now a (very simple) tag editor for assets. There’s now a shorthand syntax for functions ( () => {} instead of function() {} ) There’s now an opt... Continue reading
• [beta] Arrow functions!
  June 10, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions GMEdit now supports arrow function shorthands for 2.3! These can save you a bunch of typing when writing callbacks and alike. Fixes Fixed GMS1 object renaming incorrectly adding an “extens... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Electron updates, ARM64
  May 29, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  I updated the app to Electron 18, which fixes several mystery crashes… and probably adds a few new bugs. I spent a while getting the app to pack itself through GitHub Actions before noting that it t... Continue reading
• An update amid a war
  March 09, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Things aren’t so good in Ukraine right now. I’d recommend looking into Bundle for Ukraine if you can (goes on for 8.5 more days as of posting this) Improvements Revamped Global Lookup menu to have... Continue reading

  
• [stable] Types, icons, multiline tabs
  December 06, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Summary Many menus now have icons There are now more tab options, including pinned and multiline tabs. There are now more types for hinting and error checking (tuples, custom-key arrays, automatic tup... Continue reading

  
• Multiline tabs and a whole lot of types!
  August 23, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions I added a whole lot of options for tabs! You can now have tabs split across multiple lines, have them match the label width, and more - check Preferences ➜ Navigation ➜ Tabs for new sett... Continue reading

  
• [beta] More types and icons!
  July 17, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions You can now add/remove extension files through GMEdit! Technically a pretty minor feature, but spares of having to switch to IDE window just to add/remove a GML file. A handful of menu items... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Fixes and bookmarks
  May 15, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  This beta doesn’t do large-scale changes since I would like to roll out a stable version shortly. Please tell if something doesn’t work right! Additions There are now bookmarks! By default, these... Continue reading

  
• [beta] A web-based version and type system improvements
  March 20, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions There is now a web-based version of GMEdit! This can be handy for viewing/editing GameMaker projects without having/being able to install software on the device. Improvements Anton has furth... Continue reading
• [beta] Font/sound editors and type system improvements!
  February 27, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

  Additions You can now create and edit GMS2.3 fonts! (thanks to Anton ) You can now create and edit GMS2.3 audio assets! (also thanks to Anton) I added an option for implicit type detection for simple... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Types! RGB hex colors! And more!
  January 31, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions Types! GMEdit can now perform advanced type checks for built-in and user-defined functions. Built-in functions and variables are handled largely automatically (thanks to Anton ’s work) and... Continue reading

  
• `??` and various improvements
  December 18, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions [beta] Added null-conditional operators ! These allow you to do things like instance_nearest(x, y, obj_enemy)?.cur_health ?? 0 instead of assigning result of instance_nearest into a temporar... Continue reading

  
• `??=` and return checks for functions
  December 07, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Added a ??= operator . This should prove a more reasonable replacement for #args in GMS2.3. Entering . out-of-context now shows the same completion as self. and erases the dot upon choosing... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Smart completion and new JSDocs
  November 30, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions Added smart highlighting and syntax completion! Read more about it on the wiki This can be a pretty big improvement even if you don’t use other GMEdit features. Added a number of JSDoc tag... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Improvements and 2.3 fixes
  November 23, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: You can now drag and drop scripts from one project to another to copy. Added an “autocompletion delay” setting to code editor settings. Further expanded upon /// @hint and wrote a wiki... Continue reading
• [beta] 2.3 asset manipulation and various improvements
  October 26, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: You can now create, rename, move, and delete resources in 2.3 projects. This comes from frankly upsettingly large amount of rewriting and may be arbitrarily buggy. This also includes an exp... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Keyboard shortcut editor! (and more)
  September 04, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: I added keyboard shortcut customization! This covers both code editor and global shortcuts, so you can customize a lot . Accessed via Preferences. Improvements: Linter now will allow traili... Continue reading

  
• [beta] 2.3 improvements and other fixes
  August 08, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Added field hinting for 2.3! You can do /// @hint Type.staticVar /// @hint Type.staticMethod /// @hint Type:instVar /// @hint Type:instMethod And then after var name:Type; you will only get... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Better "find references", better 2.3 support
  May 31, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements: "Find references" now shows kind of reference for each result. Fixes: Fixed right-clicking left edge of word for "open declaration" / "find references" not using the word. 2.3: Fixed obj... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Template strings, smaller fixes
  March 31, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Template strings! Simple but convenient (`health: $hp/$maxhp`) Improvements: Search results now show relative paths in directory-based projects. More resource types are now shown in Ctrl+T... Continue reading

  
• [beta] Fixes for Electron updates, small additions
  January 27, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: A small plugin for high-end indent guide highlighting. You can even use it with rainbow brackets! There is now an option to display project version as an overlay icon in taskbar. This is us... Continue reading

  
• [beta] More tweaks
  January 14, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Added rainbow bracket support! Aadd `"useBracketDepth":true` to your theme JSON, then use `#main .ace-tm .ace_curly.ace_paren.ace_depth1` and so on to match brackets Fixes: Fixed it being p... Continue reading
• [beta] Tweaks and fixes
  December 28, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements: Macro functions can now be used inside lambdas Lambda extension now spots \r characters to stop GM from re-adding them time to time. Added ability to add new scripts via combined view (n... Continue reading
• [beta, updated Oct 15] A whole lot of things
  October 02, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: /*#gml <code> */ and /*//#gml <code>*/ can be used for syntax highlighting inside comment blocks. There are now two more auto-completion modes - GMS2-style "containing" and section start ma... Continue reading

  
• Code editor updates and more tools for plugins
  March 24, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements: The code editor component (Ace.js) had been updated to the latest version. Visually things should look about the same, but work a little better, and the editor settings popup looks nicer... Continue reading

  
• Plugin support, outline view, split view, and much more
  March 13, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Bigger additions: Plugin support ! That's right, Outline view! Makes it far more manageable to work with huge scripts/objects Split view! Show a linked version of one of the tabs on the right for quic... Continue reading

  
• Sprite viewer, regexp search, more #import magic
  January 12, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Bigger additions: Code editor now has a context menu It has a pretty dumb "show references" thing There are now tooltips for mouseovering functions, macros, variables, and so on You can now import GMS... Continue reading

  
• Hotfixes, combined room creation code
  November 06, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: There's now a "Creation codes" item under rooms for GMS2 projects. It lets you view/edit CCs for all rooms at once. Mind that this is not really tested and also will not work in search and... Continue reading
• Inline functions! (and small improvements)
  November 04, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Inline functions! Improvements: If a macro is pointing to a function/script/lambda, you now get argument auto-completion for it. `/// (...args)` style (nameless) JSDoc is now supported. Cha... Continue reading
• Hotfix!
  August 26, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Turns out that making a last minute change to fix slash/backslash inconsistency is a bad idea when you use paths as dictionary keys sometimes. So I just had to fix up a bunch more for things to not br... Continue reading
• Script manipulation and bugfixes
  August 25, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: You can now create, remove, rename, and drag around scripts and script groups. If you feel like helping out with other resource types, be my guest - it's non excessively hard but monotonous... Continue reading

  
• Methods, lightweight objects, GMLive.js...
  July 12, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Added "if the source file changes" option to settings. Added project-wide instance variable auto-completion (GMS2 style). Added method and lightweight object magic. That's right . GMEdit no... Continue reading

  
• Snippets, YYZ, object information, bugfixes
  May 14, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  This update is a culmination to those ~2 months of people reporting bugs faster than I could look at them. A few cool things remain to be done, but that's for when time permits. Additions The editor... Continue reading

  
• Coroutines, global #import, Linux...
  February 25, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  Additions: Added coroutines ( wiki ) - these can substantially simplify the way sequential code is written. A global.gml file can now be added to #import subdirectory for project-wide import rules . I... Continue reading
• Namespaces, search editing, custom icons, ...
  February 04, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Added #import (namespace) magic ( see wiki ). Code can now be edited from search results, which updates the source files. There's now an auto-formatting command (Ctrl+F2/Meta+F2) by topherl... Continue reading

  
• Mac version, named arguments, and many other things
  January 11, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  There's now a pre-built Mac version for those unfamiliar with installing Electron. (application is not digitally signed so you'll have to "allow" it on the first run) Added "goto" dialog (Ctrl+G). Thi... Continue reading

  
• Timeline support and improvements
  January 06, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Added timeline editing for GMS1 and GMS2. Shaders are now shown in the resource tree and can be double-clicked to open them in external editor. Mac-style keyboard shortcuts are now supported for some... Continue reading

  
• Global variable auto-completion
  January 02, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Not to be confused with globalvar auto-completion (although both are same in the end ), GMEdit now takes note of global.variables across the project and suggests them when typing global.| Also fixed a... Continue reading

  
• New year, new things!
  December 31, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

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  Hello! I have just uploaded the new version of the program, which adds and improves a number of things: The program now has a name, and that name is GMEdit. Added local variable highlighting and auto-... Continue reading