On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:35:29 -0400
"Alexandre Leclerc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I remember a feature in D6 in the UnitEditor: a vertical code browser
> for fast-searching in source code. This was a very nice gadget.
Do you mean the View -> Code Explorer?
> 1. Any-one work[ed,ing] on this?
No.
> 2. Can I use VirtualTreeView as a new component/source dependency to
> implement such a feature? (It has everything required to build such a
> tool.) If no, what should be used?
Yes. But then it will be an external plugin.
> 3. I was planning to develop this in another form, then dock that form
> in the UnitEditor if desired. I know this mechanism is not working
> well right now, but some patches are working... Should this avenue be
> kept?
Yes. I'm currently fixing bugs, but Docking is definitely one of my next
goals.
> 4. I'm sure there are already functions and tools to get information
> about a source file's structure (interface, implementation,
> initialization, finalization) but where is it?
codetools
> 5. I'm sure there are already functions and tools to get all the type
> / classes / procedures / functions in the interface section of a
> source file... but where is it? (I assume that because of
> code-completion Ctrl+c that works well.)
See the code explorer for an example.
> 6. I'm sure there are already functions and tools to get all the types
> / var / procedures / functions present in the implementation part of a
> source file... but where can I find these?
See the code explorer for an example.
> 7. Any function to detect {$i include.inc} in a source file?
All codetools support include files.
> (I
> personally hate these, but I know someone talked about code-folding
> such include files: that would be awesome,
Yes, but it would require a lot of changes to synedit.
> especially if a search in a
> document would extend into the .inc files too...
Use Search -> 'Find in files'.
Otherwise: Extend Find/Replace to use functions of 'Find in files'.
> this is another
> feature I want to work on, because searching is a pain...
Ehm, what and how do you search?
> and also
> working on another feature: there is 'find declaration' but 'find
> implementation' is missing...)
Do you mean Ctrl+Shift+Up ?
Mattias
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