On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Benjamin <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
>
> > Wow, Nautilus is *really* fun to use! I have quite a few ideas for
> plugins...
>
> Cool :)
>
> > A few suggestions...
> > * Hierarchical package list - also, since with Metacello the convention
> is
> > (e.g. P-Core, P-UI, P-Tests) with no overarching package, it should group
> > all packages matching P-*, even if they are technically separate packages
>
> We thought of that, but first, we had to make the tree widgets faster :)
>
> > * I miss the search bar from OB where I could just start typing as soon
> as I
> > opened the window. It seems that Nautilus doesn't set the keyboard focus
> > anywhere useful.
>
> This is strange, the focus should be at the nice place (like class if you
> browse a class, method if you browse a method and so on)
> I will check that.
>
> > Options:
> >  - search bar
>
> I will keep that in mind ;)
>
> >  - typing brings up the class search dialog
> >  - give keyboard focus to the package list so I can use the shortcuts
> right
> > away. This may be the best one because I have access to 3 options:
> >    - cmd-F to search packages
> >    - cmd-f to search classes
> >    - start typing to do a basic package search
>
> As I said, the focus should be there.
>
> > * creating new methods - when you click a protocol name, the
> > "messageSelectorAndArgumentNames" template is displayed in the code pane,
> > and is pre-selected. I found this very confusing as a newbie because the
> > selection made me think that I could start typing to replace the
> template,
> > but the keyboard focus is not on the template. It's also useless because
> > when you click on the code pane, it unselects, so you have to
> double-click
> > anyway.
>
> True ! I already notice that ^^ To be honest, I just copy/paste the
> behavior from the default browser, but I will change that soon ^^
>
> > Two suggestions
> >  - from the class pane, protocol pane, or both, have an "add method" menu
> > item that transfers focus to the preselected template
> >  - when just clicking on a protocol, don't pre-select the template
>
> > * back/forward buttons for history navigation?
>
> They use to be there, I will reintroduce them :)
>
> > * a centralized place to put/list plugins so we can share them
>
> I have now idea how to do that except creating a dedicated repository :)
>

And then a Plugin to fetch them :3


>
> >
> > Many thanks to Benjamin. This was sorely needed!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sean
> >
>
> Thanks to you for your feedback and your good ideas :)
>
> Ben
>
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> >
>
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