> You can trigger a snippet using a keyboard shortcut in MX2004. When you > say keywords, you are talking about things like dynamically adding the date > when the snippet enters the page? ( You're right, I'd love to see that )
When I say keywords, I'm talking about a HomeSite feature that allowed you to type a keyword, then hit "Ctrl + J" to insert the related snippet: So you would type "dump", hit Ctrl + J and it would output teh register snippet: <cfdump var="##"/><hr /> (...and place the cursor in-between the pound signs.) It's extremely useful, especially for a tag based language like CF. I have a ton of snippets that I would like to use on a more frequent basis, but I don't like leaving the snippets panel open and have to move my mouse to select and enter them into my code. The more I can do from my keyboard alone, the more productive I will be. (Also, I can't remember all the crazy keyboard shortcut combinations I've set for all of them.) >> - CFC explorer panel - Duh. > I thought this was there, somewhere. ( but I could be wrong) There is a Components connector panel, but you have to jump through some hoops to get it set it up (Set up a testing server, which I don't do because of VPN issues, connect with RDS, register the CFCs on the server, etc). I'd like a CFC browser/explorer which recognizes a file as being a CFC and lists all the methods and arguments in a tree view. Nice and simple. >It is fairly common that I'll synchronize an entire site, and I get a > list of all changed files and the option to update my local copy (or not). I currently don't use the Remote/Testing features because I've had some problems in the past. (The main one being that I can't always connect to all my different servers at once and DW doesn't like dealing with that.) I'll give it another try this round, but I'm not sure how well it's going to work for me. I've thoroughly checked the new product page on mm.com <http://mm.com> out and attended a couple webcasts of product demos, and I have high hopes for this release. But so far everything I've seen has to deal with CSS in design view and pulling RSS feeds into your sites. (The new CSS feature that allows you see and edit all the applied style properties of any object from a CSS properties panel without having to hunt down the definition within the actual CSS file is very nifty.) But I'm really interested in getting better dynamic site handling and some of the core features I was used to in HomeSite integrated in DW, then all the new enhancements will be pure gravy. Fingers crossed! Tyler On 9/2/05, Jeffry Houser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 10:00 AM 9/2/2005, you wrote: > >Subject: Dreamweaver 8...doom? > >From: Tyler Silcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:22:28 -0400 > >Thread: > > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=18554&forumid=5#172067 > > > >The whole studio update is around the corner, which means this is the > >Dreamweaver that's going to make CF coders forget about HomeSite, right? > > > >Well, here's my list of requirements: > > > > - CSS management for entire *dynamic* Sites/individual pages - It's > > extremely annoying that it DW will only recognize CSS includes on static > > pages, especially coming from the company that owns ColdFusion. > > I'm told that "Design Time Style Sheets" address this, but haven't had a > chance to investigate it for myself. > > > > - Keywords for snippets, triggered by a keyboard shortcut - This is a > > HomeSite feature that is sorely, sorely missed in DW. > > You can trigger a snippet using a keyboard shortcut in MX2004. When you > say keywords, you are talking about things like dynamically adding the > date > when the snippet enters the page? ( You're right, I'd love to see that ) > > > > - CFC explorer panel - Duh. > > I thought this was there, somewhere. ( but I could be wrong) > > > - Better definition of testing vs. production resources within Sites - > > You should be able to choose which files to transfer, have a compare > > tool, > > etc. > > It is fairly common that I'll synchronize an entire site, and I get a > list of all changed files and the option to update my local copy (or not). > Additionally, I can also synchronize a single file. > I guess a file diff would be nice; is that what you mean by compare > tool? What more did you want? > > I'd like to be able to open files, regardless of their extension. In my > experience, Dreamweaver won't open files if it doesn't know the > extension. This has been a problem when trying to open .SQL files. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> > My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> > My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> > Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172163 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
