The Moose platform could serve as a nice foundation, but I don't know if it still supports Squeak. CAnalyzer might help too.

But I think you're underestimating the capabilities of modern C-supporting IDEs, like CLion, VisualStudio, and Code::Blocks.

> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 1:42 PM
> From: "tim Rowledge" <tim at rowledge.org>
> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> Subject: [squeak-dev] Crazy idea for a programming editor in Squeak *for C*
>
> So thinking about things related to Subbu's questions it suddenly came to me that we might be able to make a much nicer C editor than most seem to be.
> 
> Caution - I use TextWrangler on my iMac when I have to mess with C. This may well bias my opinion.
> 
> Seems to me that most so called IDEs that let you handle C code are pretty pathetic. You load a file and scroll up and down it. If you're lucky it scans the file and makes sort of bookmark of function locations etc. You might get a half decent comparison tool to compare different versions. 
> 
> Now, we have a useful but in need of improvement tool for reading source code files without actually loading them in the FileContentsBrowser. A variant of that could read C source, split it up, parse the bits and bobs and maybe provide a decent structured view of the code.
> 
> Yes, I remember ObjectWorks C++ and the debacle of C++ programmers not wanting anything more advanced than vi. 
> 
> There's also a possible value for this in the Python world where they at least pretend to have a clue about objects.
> 
> 
> tim
> --
> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
> Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>