> From: bill lam
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2010 19:43
>
> Втр, 01 Июн 2010, Sherlock Ric писал(а):
> > example the start of a section could be indicated by:
> >
> > NB.# Initialize
> >
> > If it is desirable to explicitly close sections (can't think why
> > though), maybe the following syntax would be better:
> >
> > NB.( Utils
> >
> > NB.)
> >
> > For now Sections could be supported by the IDE as a tab in the
> > Sidebar much like the current "defs" tab. Or perhaps the idea of
> > Sections could be integrated with "defs" so that defs are shown
> > within Sections. Eventually/Potentially (when/if the code folding
> > support for gtksourceview gets released), the syntax highlighter
> > could also support the sections with code folding.
>
> I don't know gtksourceview folding. However in vim it is possible to
> fold by markers, default markers are {{{ and }}}. Eg. it is possible
> to include comments to define a fold
...
> By asking project manager not to remove comment lines and then these
> markers will be preserved inside the script built. Not sure if this
> is what you wanted.
From your comments I'm not quite sure that I've explained the idea very
clearly. Yes the vim behaviour is similar to what I'm suggesting, but obviously
my suggestions are for the new gtkide beta. I'm actually suggesting that making
multiple small source files (that get built/catenated together by a build
process) wouldn't be necessary if it were easier to navigate a large script by
supporting sections/chapters in the ide.
As Don suggests the name "build" would potentially become less appropriate, but
there would still be a role for a post-processing script (e.g. copying to
(multiple) publish locations, removing comments, locking scripts). Maybe
"Publish" or "Deploy" would become a more accurate name.
However even if this suggestion were implemented, it would be desirable to
leave the current build mechanism until the suggestion was proven. There may be
other benefits to having small source files that I'm missing?
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