I submitted it here http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/issues/detail?id=978&thanks=978&ts=1332855504
Thanks Jonatan On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:10:53 AM UTC-4, Jonatan Hjul wrote: > > You can use the issue tracker here:http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ > issues/list <http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/issues/list> > > Normally I am only using the object inspector and not the online help, > as both typically stems from the same source - and if you want to find > something more general Google is you friend, as documentation is > almost always available online. > > Anyway, I am sure that you are welcome to implement cursor awareness > for the object inspector, otherwise you just have to hope that there > are others who also think that would be an awesome feature. > > /Jonatan > > > On 26 Mar., 22:23, vbgunz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found Spyder today and am super excited about it for 2 reasons. The > first > > is "object inspector". The second is "online help". It's awesome to add > the > > fun back to programming with unknown or little known code. After using > > Spyder for a bit and feeling great about it, I noticed there are some > > things I wish Spyder could do quicker. This isn't perhaps the best place > to > > ask for features but I appreciate your time. > > > > For one, the "object inspector" I hope provides enough ground work to > add a > > feature. Currently there is "Source: Console" and "Source: Editor". Is > it > > possible to add a "Source: Cursor" and how it works is, it follows the > > cursor and is able to immediately, without any interaction, etc, provide > a > > helpful overview on objects currently selected, highlighted or in which > the > > cursor is over/before, (bonus would be if it could update while in > > auto-completion and not wait for an opening parenthesis)? In other > words, > > it would be amazing to get immediate inline help as you code and-use-the > > consoles without having to interact in anyway with the "object > inspector". > > > > Second, I wish the "object inspector" had more links to "online help". A > > good example, is "object inspector" knows I am using the os package. > When I > > call os.path.abspath, I get immediate help on the member *but* what I am > > usually after is another member of *os.path*. It would be super awesome > at > > this point to simply have a link to os.path and os from the "object > > inspector". What an excellent way to re/familiarize oneself with well > > documented but unknown or foggy code. > > > > I believe learning is an absolute and critical personal attribute to > > writing better code. I just wish the learning part didn't take me out of > > the fun or heat-of-the-moment coding. Spyder is very promising with this > > and I love it for that very reason alone. I just hope it get's better, > more > > automatic, in sight but out of the way so I can code right the very time > > every time. Damn, I hope someone is listening. > > > > Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/spyderlib/-/prkoaEzd3DAJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
