I was pretty surprised to see this feature absent in Idea (coming from JBuilder), so +1 from me.
Kirk >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:eap-features- >[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of James Walker >Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 5:46 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Eap-features] Bookmarks > >Hi, I'm new to the list (and the product) so I'm sorry if I'm rehashing >some old ground. > >I'm a devout user of the Codewright product, which (to my mind is a major >competitor to Idea), however for straight Java coding Idea is certainly >growing on me fast. > >One extremely useful feature within Codewright is the ability to drop >"numbered" bookmarks instead of named ones. > >Thus I have keys bound as > Ctrl-1 : Drop bookmark 1 > Alt -1 : Goto bookmark 1 > Ctrl-2 : Drop bookmark 2 > Alt -2 : Goto bookmark 2 > etc > >I think they limit it to 9 numbered bookmarks and as many named bookmarks >as you wish to use. > >The ability to drop a few (and i tend to use 2 or 3 numbered ones at most) >bookmarks with a single keypress (ok Ctrl-Something may be 2 presses :), >and to be able to return to that bookmark again with only a single keypress >and no popups is very useful. > >The bookmarks are cross-file, so I can drop bookmark 1 at the point where I >am currently working, traverse through other files and return to my edit >point rapidly and easily. > >(Marking of the bookmarks in the lefthand column is a topic that appears to >have already been discussed and it gets a +1 from me!) > >James > > >_______________________________________________ >Eap-features mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
