Re: Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea

Thanks for fighting with the RFE slowness to put your comments in.
It will be easier to find those comments when it comes time to implement
this RFE.
I put in Brian May's comment so we can keep track of that suggestion.




From:	Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
To:	"Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
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Date:	05/13/2015 09:51 AM
Subject:	Re: [WDSCI-L] Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea
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ooh...I like that...

Charles

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Brian May <bmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Edmund,
>
> Perhaps a simple breadcrumb in the outline would be sufficient.  Just a
> line with "Current Procedure/Subroutine:" and the name.
>
> Brian May
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> Reinhardt
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> This is what I am wondering folks.  It would be pretty simple to add a
> toggle so that you cursor position would be reflected by selecting the
> containing Procedure in the outline view.  This is how other eclipse
> editors show where they are in the program and this is one of main uses
of
> the outline view.
> However the ILE RPG outline view is special in that it also contains
> cross-reference information that most other editors do not have.
> The problematic scenario would be when people are navigating from a
> definition in the outline to its usages in the editor, and then to have
the
> selection in the editor in turn change the outline selection, they would
> lose their place in the outline view (i.e. the selected definition).
> The mitigating factors are
> 1) it is a toggle, you can turn it off, and it will be off by default
> 2) Now we have the ability to highlight multiple occurrences, you can
> navigate to all references to a variable within the editor without using
> the outline view.
>
> Given these mitigating factors, do you agree that a toggle to select the
> containing procedure/definition in the outline view would be the right
way
> to satisfy this RFE.
>
>
>
>
> From:   Kurt Anderson <Kurt.Anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
>             Client for  System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   05/12/2015 04:19 PM
> Subject:        Re: [WDSCI-L] Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea
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>
>
> Voted.  I added a comment to reflect a concern I have over the outline
> being used to identify where you are.
>
> Kurt Anderson
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Application Development, Service Delivery
Platform
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> Schuch
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> Added my vote as well. There have been many times it would have been nice
> to see where I'm at in the code, especially after searching for field
usage
> or something similar.
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> I've voted for RFE 11119 as well.  With some of the big programs we have
> around here, I get lost easily, even when I do split screen to simplify
it
> a bit.
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