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

Edmund,

Thanks for your attention to these things.

In collapsing the outline, please make sure to mention that all the branches
should be collapsed individually. If they are not, the next time the
outline is refreshed, it opens back up fully again -- on my machine it takes
up to 20 seconds in some cases to fully expand itself. The "collapse all"
button would be more useful in the outline header itself than on the
toolbar.

Stu




On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 08:39, Edmund Reinhardt <edmund.reinhardt@xxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

Hi Sam,

I have opened enhancement request 8938 to track the request for a toolbar
button to collapse the outline view. This sounds like a very simple thing,
so it should be low-hanging fruit for us.

I have also opened enhancment request 8939 to track the request to make it
easier to find the definition of a variable. I have pointed to this thread
and mentioned some of your suggestions such as find in outline view, or
enhanced context assist.
I am proposing a flyover that would appear when the mouse hovers over a
variable. The flyover would show not only the definition of the variable
but also where it came from.
Of course, getting around to implement this will be subject to available
resource.

I hope this helps,
Edmund Reinhardt
IBM RD Power




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Date: 13/11/2010 12:56 PM

Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Find in Outline (was Re: Compiling rpg source)

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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.

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