Hi, * Jörg Fischer wrote (2008-01-19 00:01): >Tony Balinski wrote: > >> Quoting Thorsten Haude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > I wrote this before I even had a closer look at the code (which I >> > still hadn't), just because it's 7k of manual. > >Because it has a manual, it must be intimidating?
I didn't say that.
>I rather think it is good style to document the things, else they'll
>be lost -- even for oneself;-)
I agree, and I lost stuff for that reason. I see a problem because
it's enough code that even the user needs a manual. Actually, I'm not
sure whether "Rangeset" should be the entry point for this. Nobody
knows this expression, and users might just overlook the submenu.
>> > For this purpose, eg. a 'Find All' and a 'Show Changes', each with
>> > some bells and whistles seems to be a much better choice. All it
>> > should say is: "Look this is what you could do with rangesets!"
>
>Honestly, I didn't pick up Uwe's macros and made some changes to
>contribute them to a dotNEdit release.
I didn't expect you to.
>IMO, the thumbs rule is the things you use yourself have the best
>chance to be useful for others, too.
Yes, but this tarball should also be a hook to tinker.
>> I tend to agree with this: for rangesets I would supply a "find all", a "mark
>> with rangeset" (add the selection to a rangeset, like a marker pen function),
>> a "goto marked range" (to find one marked area among the many in the
>> rangeset), and the "diff current document against the last stored file".
>> These
>> are essentially the functions I wanted when I first wrote the RS code, and I
>> think they would allow users to learn how to roll their own.
>
>Yes, if one has special needs, but why to re-invent the wheel for the
>functions ready to be used? The provided macros are just for the
>things you mention.
Example: The "diff to previous" is not very useful to me, I save much
too often for this to have any useful result. So I want a "diff to
filename_dialog()", which I hope I can do (haven't taken a closer
look yet), but which a macro beginner might not even try.
>Just recall the manViewer discussion about the wish to change colors.
>This should rather lead to the thought to use the RSI dialogs (they
>are really nice, letting you try out colors until you're satified)
>also for rangesets that were *not* defined by the RSI macros.
Yes, they are nice. In fact, your macros alone are enough to reanimate
these plans about the NRR and a GUI for it.
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