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Fabien Bodard wrote:
> shift F2 to go to the previous position
>
> F2 to get the function code or help about the function

I know about that feature, which is not bookmarks, nor even a facsimile of 
bookmarks. The go back function is very limited and highly unproductive.

> I don't know were it is documented lol

lol

> 2009/11/23  <nospam.nospam.nospam at ...626...>:
>> Benoit,
>>
>> The Gambas programming environment would offer a major productivity
>> boost to developers if code Bookmarks were supported in the text
>> editor.
>>
>> Using my own situation as an example, where I am porting a Windows
>> app that has 300+ classes and close to 120,000 lines of code, it is
>> next to impossible to find related code when one is making a
>> significant change.
>>
>> As an example, I might put a break point in the code and use the
>> debug backtrace to walk my way back through the code looking for
>> code parts that may be affected by my proposed change. Alternatively
>> I might put an early break point in and forward trace the code by
>> using debug stepping. In both cases I currently have to put manual
>> comments in that are coded in a way so that they can be searched or
>> I have to write down the references then go looking for them again
>> when I'm ready to make the change, and that just takes up an awful
>> lot of time that could otherwise be avoided by support for bookmarks.
>>
>> Even on a small project, having no support for bookmarks means you
>> can't set visual clues in your code, so even when you're trying to
>> find something simple you still have to continually scan the code by
>> eye to find the exact spot you know was there earlier.
>>
>> What would it take to convince you to consider implementing such a
>> feature?
>>
>> Of course, the book marks would need to be saved so that they are
>> available the next time the project is opened in the development
>> environment.
>>
>> Wine? Women? Song? Money? Or commonsense?
>>
>> :)
>>
>>
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