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

I would find it less useful to have the "procedure/subroutine of the cursor position" show in the outline for a couple reasons:  
1) I usually display the outline in a narrow pane which to the right of LPEX.  Being narrow limits the length of the subprocedure name that can be visible. 
2) Those who prefer not using the dynamically updated outline would miss out.

There is a row at the bottom of the LPEX pane, below the last displayed line of source, that seems to always display, and otherwise unused (at least in my installation).  The LPEX pane is generally displayed wide enough to accommodate a longer subproc name.  
Is there a reason to not show it there? 

Michael Koester

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edmund
> Reinhardt
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:24 AM
> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
> System i & iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea
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> 
> 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
>             Client for	System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Edmund Reinhardt
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> > Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Where in the RPG am I? An RFE idea
> >
> >
> > 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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> > 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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> > Kenneth
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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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