Re: Find in Outline (was Re: Compiling rpg source)

["Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx" <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Edmund,

Appreciate your participation in the list.

Here's where I'm coming from.  Note that I'm current on WDSc 7 (hoping 
to upgrade next budget year.)

I'm maintaining/researching a lot of code that I didn't write.  It's all 
RPG IV, but much of it came from a RPG 3 basis and virtually all 
variable names and field names are 6 chars max.  I'm not familiar with 
all the many files, so when I'm looking at code and want to find the 
usage of a variable, I expand the Field section of the outline
and start typing the variable name.  Often the variable is found. 
However, if this happens to be a field in a file, then I have to expand 
the Files section, and then guess which file to expand and try typing 
again.  Maybe I picked the right file, but often I don't.

There may be better ways to speed up this process, but, it seems to me 
that what would be of great value the ability to right click on a 
variable name and then choose "Locate in Outline."

I'm not sure hovering (fly-over) could accomplish this.

And, while I'm in at it...

When expanded, many of my outlines get exceeding long.  I would be nice 
to be able to have a quick way in the outline to collapse all sections.

Thanks for listening,

Sam


On 11/12/2010 6:16 PM, Edmund Reinhardt wrote:
> Wouldn't it be cooler if the definition showed up in a fly-over when your
> mouse hovered over a data element.