Backfisch Editor

A bit of a different editor

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The Backfisch Editor is a text editor I developed in Unity as kind of a learning experience and because I wanted something different from the standard code editors (especially in terms of layout).

I don't plan on improving the editor or adding more things to it. Maybe I'll come back to it in the future when I know how to implement some kind of IntelliSense, but that's very unlikely.

Anyway, I hope some of you find the editor useful and like the ideas I had :D

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Key features

• Open and edit any kind of text file (hopefully)
• Open files on a continuous screen instad of tabs
• Open a single file multiple times
• Define custom keywords that can be autocompleted
• Define custom colour schemes

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Troubleshooting

• If you encounter frame tearing (weird, annoying lines across the screen when moving), try:
  • Increasing the FPS in the settings (this might work)
  • Enabling VSync in the settings (this will work)
• File extensions have to be specified when saving a file in source file mode
• The editor doesn't respond to changes made outside the editor. This means that if you change the contents of a file or move the file to another location on your hard drive while the editoris running, the editor doesn't recognize these changes.
• There is no safety check if you are going to overwrite an existing file, so be careful
• The file search uses accordion menus for the different file types. So try clicking the "Open Files", "Open Keywords" or "Open Colour schemes" buttons if you don't see any open files
• The editor saves the last position, zoom, edit mode and open files when it is closed. If you had files open that have never been saved, they will not be saved for the next time you open the editor, but the position will not be adjusted accordingly. So if you don't see the files from last time, try moving around, maybe they're just off screen.
• There might be problems when you try to read files from or write files to locations where you need admin rights
• I am not a UX Designer, so some things might be a little unintiutive or hidden