[Gambas-devel] Re: Gambas-devel digest, Vol 1 #273 - 4 msgs

[Benoit Minisini]

On Monday 02 August 2004 06:45, Yizhou He wrote:
> Hi:

Hi,

> For Question No.1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> But you can already list the subs and functions directly in the editor.
> Do you
> want to do that also in the project window ? The problem is that files
> displayed in the project window are loaded only when the user want to
> edit
> them. So they will be seen only when the file is opened.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Answer:
> The editor can list the subs and functions that's ture. but when it
> become very long, it really take long time to find the function
> espically you didn't write all the code yourself.It frees you from go
> throught a lot of mnt..._click and btn..._click just to find a
> function. List them in project window make developer easier to see what
> function or sub it have, and more important, by click the sub on the
> project window, you go to the function or sub code directly, no long
> time brower, no need typing and search. try it out.

I will try :-) Just after I release the 0.96 version.

>
> In my design, only opened class will list it's sub in project window
> right under that class item. It will not list all the class file. And I
> think we only care about what function in the class file we currently
> opened. There is no need to open all of them.

Happily.

>
>
> Question NO.2
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> The CreateMenu() function in FEditor does almost the same thing. So I
> think
> they must be factorized.
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> I do agree. I find that out when I finished writing, but they are still
> different. CreatMenu list more information than what we need. It can be
> a option that user can choose easly on toolbar. It is also good idea to
> have a option to list just name of function or whole thing.
> 1.list property, method, event
> 2.list sub, function name:Creatmenu
> 3.list sub, function decalaration: Creatmenu(A as integer, B as String)
> as String
>
> AS I said, these code are far from pefect, I just want to make a demo
> version so that you can see how useful it will be.

OK.

>
> Question NO.3
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> Browsing the source code to find function each time the file is
> modified is a
> huge job: this function is called each time you enter a character!
>
> You must do it less often, for example, each time a whole line is
> modified,
> i.e. each time the cursor line change AND the file has been modified.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Answer:
> I do realize that. This is my first time read part of the code. I just
> read what I need to change. if you do think it is a good idea, I will
> spend more time on that. my plan is only after the code loaded or
> saved, it will be refreshed once. If you want to see the change after
> you add or delete a sub or function, simply click the save button. It
> also help you save your data more often.

Actually, complete class analyzing is already done for the auto completion. 
You just have to call CComponent.GetClassSymbols("class name") to get all the 
information about each public symbol declared in the class (type, function 
signature, ...). A little modification, and you will have the private symbols 
and the line numbers too :-)

If analyzing a class/module becomes too slow, it could be optimized by doing 
it with the compiler or the gb.eval component in C.

>
> Question NO.3
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> Why do you want to select the entire line when you are going to a line ?
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> I have problem to find the current line while useing goto or search. It
> take me a while to find the small cursor. by select the whole line, I
> can easily see the big blug selection. I also want to figure how to
> make search result select the word it found if you agree. Otherwise the
> cursor sometimes on the top, sometime at the botton, sometimes in the
> middle, but selection make it so obvious to find.

Right.

>
> Question NO.4
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> Don't be upset by my questions. I want to be sure of what you want to
> do
> exactly, and I must ensure that it don't break anything in the IDE.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> NoNoNo, I known my English is not good and have lot of spelling
> mistakes that you hate. 

I hate them in French. I have absolutely unpretentious about my english! :-)

> I do have problem to explain my idea clearly. 
> If you have any question just let me know. And I haven't read thought
> the whole thing yet but come up with something already, so I'm ready to
> be told it is a stupid idea. 

It is not a stupid idea. It is a pretty good idea. By using 
CComponent.GetClassSymbols(), you can even do it as you described before.

> I don't want to break anything in the IDE 
> either. If I come up with something stupid or waste your time, just
> forgive new people. Thanks.
>
> Question NO.5
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> Salut,
>
> realy usefull, but one question :
> For what reason Change property of tvwProject.sort to TRUE ?
>
> unsorted it shows like they placed in the file.
> Or is it needed for somethig I ingnore ?
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> Thanks, I'm gald you like it.
> Sort it make it easy to find the function you want, and it put those
> mnu..._click(), btn..._click(), tvwProject_....() orgnized.
> I first list them as they placed in the file and I'm thinking about if
> I can drag the icon of the sub and change the order of the code will be
> cool. But I soon realize the sequence the sub or function in the file
> is not important, it actually make no different. and I found if there
> is a lot of button or menu click event, without sort, it is still take
> a while to find the sub I want. after sort,sub for menu click event are
> together,sub for button click are together, one control's different
> event are together.

You should not use tvwProject.Sort, because it is global (it will sort other 
items I don't want to be sorted). You should sort the items yourself by 
adding them in the correct order.

>
>
> Yizhou He
>
> Research Technician (Xiong Lab)
> Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295
> Tel: (919)-962-2143
>

Best regards,

-- 
Benoit Minisini
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