Hmm, I didn't know that CodeWarrior did this, but I used a plugin for Visual
Studio when I was doing C++ stuff that did exactly this and boy was it
useful. I'd love to see something like this in Idea.
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Eap-features] align class variables
> "Dmitry Jemerov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Could someone please explain, what's the point in ordering functions
> > in alphabetical order? I always try to order them in _logical_ order,
> > so that by reading a file from top to bottom, one could get a fairly
> > good understanding of how the code works. Alphabetic ordering would
> > place together functions that do not have any logical relationship,
> > but just happen to start from the same letter.
>
> I'll tell you why I order my methods alphabetically: it makes finding
methods
> easier.
>
> I got so used to the function popup menu on CodeWarrior for the Mac that
when
> I started doing Java development and used editors that didn't have that
> feature, I had to resort to putting my methods in alphabetical order to
find
> them easily.
>
> IMHO, no editor has come close to CodeWarrior's function popup menu, which
was
> so simple and easy and perfect. It seems like such a simple thing, but so
far,
> IDEA has been the only editor to even come close, and it's still got a
ways to
> go.
>
> Here's how it worked: there was a little tiny square in the bottom left
corner
> of each window (one window per file). Its icon was "{}". You clicked on
it,
> and it showed you all of the classes and functions in the file. If you
held
> down the command key while clicking, it sorted them in alphabetical order.
You
> could even define #pragma preprocessor directives to add separator lines
and
> comments. So this:
>
> #pragma --- public stuff
> int aMethod() { blah(); }
> int myMethod() { blah(); }
>
> #pragma --- private stuff
> private int anotherMethod() { blah(); }
>
> would show up like this in the popup menu:
>
> --- public stuff
> MyClass.aMethod()
> MyClass.myMethod()
> --- private stuff
> MyClass.anotherMethod()
>
> It was so simple and easy. My head almost exploded when I had to switch
from
> CodeWarrior to VisualCafe which had a function menu that was horribly
designed
> and never seemed to work right.
>
> CodeWarrior seems like it was written (in the past, at least) by people
who
> wanted to write a great IDE. VisualCafe and others seem like they are
written
> by people who just want a paycheck. Luckilly, IDEA seems like it is
written by
> people who want to write a great IDE.
>
> Anyway, I still alphabetize my methods sometimes because old habits die
hard.
>
>
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