OpenSCAD::External Editors

OpenSCAD syntax highlights in BBEdit/TextWrangler

Open OpenSCAD
Select View>Hide Editor
Select Design>Automatic Reload and Compile
Select your BBEdit or TextWrangler
If you're using BBEdit or TextWrangler download the .plist file from :
OpenSCAD and BBedit or TextWrangler
Install the .plist file in ~/Library/Application Support/your_app/Language Modules.
You might have to create the Language Modules folder.
Restart BBEdit or TextWrangler.

To find the latest version of member TBuser's TextMate Bundle click here.
Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/bundles. If this directory does not exist, create it.
If the folder downloaded as openscad.tmbundle-master rename it openscad.tmbundle.
Place this new file in the ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/bundles directory.
Open OpenSCAD
Select View>Hide Editor
Select Design>Automatic Reload and Compile
Open TextMateand navigate to your OpenSCAD file.
There is some handy stuff in the bundle. Select some code and press CTRL+click or open a script with a several of modules and press cmd+shift+T .

Download and install Sublime Text 2.
Download the latest version of member TBuser's TextMate Bundle
Open OpenSCAD.
Select View>Hide Editor
Select Design>Automatic Reload and Compile
Save the OpenSCAD file with a name.
On a Mac locate the Packages directory inside the application.

Create an OpenSCAD directory and place the contents of the the following folders from the TextMate Bundle inside the directory:
- Preferences
- Snippets
- Syntaxes
On Windows locate the Packages directory inside the AppData.

Create an OpenSCAD directory and place the contents of the the following folders from the TextMate Bundle inside the directory:
- Preferences
- Snippets
- Syntaxes
If you can't find the AppData folder, go to Control Panel>Appearance and Personalization>Folder Options Under Hidden files and folders, select Show Hidden files, folders, and drives. The AppData folder is in your home directory. My Sublime Text 2 directory was in my Roaming directory.
Open Sublime Text 2 and navigate to the scad file you saved.
Under View selectSyntax and then OpenSCAD
Under Preferences pick Color Scheme and select a color scheme.
Write your code. When you save your program, it will automatically update in OpenSCAD.