built-in tags file support
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built-in tags file support
I would like to see built-in support for tags files (i.e., ctags, etags, etc.), and tie it to some kind of "jump stack" so you can easiy "pop" back out from following tags.
Support CTAGS to quickly move between methods/functions.
It is my biggest wish that TextPad support easy navigation tags, such as ctags, to move around a large file. I'd use this feature to quickly move from one method to another in a Java or Python file.
If I were an Olympic text editor competition judge, adding ctag support would make me raise TextPad's current score of 9.9 to a perfect 10.
By the way, this feature request (id=4157) is very similar to another one. The other feature is titled "Method List for Current File" and has ID=3933. Merging these two requests might give a better idea of how important TextPad users think this feature is.
If I were an Olympic text editor competition judge, adding ctag support would make me raise TextPad's current score of 9.9 to a perfect 10.
By the way, this feature request (id=4157) is very similar to another one. The other feature is titled "Method List for Current File" and has ID=3933. Merging these two requests might give a better idea of how important TextPad users think this feature is.
Re: Support CTAGS to quickly move between methods/functions.
My problem with a method list is that it so specific. ctags allows one to mark and jump-to anything, not just a method. Not every file people need to edit has the concept of a method.
Re: Support CTAGS to quickly move between meth
> Not every file people need to edit has the concept of a method.
Exactly.
It you look at Trids' post "Cool Tools to use with TextPad - Grep" in the
'How To' forum it links to a thread where I explain how this
functionality can be set up using Grep.
It's easy to do and can be customised to search for whatever you want.
Nial.
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www.nialstewartdevelopments.co.uk
Exactly.
It you look at Trids' post "Cool Tools to use with TextPad - Grep" in the
'How To' forum it links to a thread where I explain how this
functionality can be set up using Grep.
It's easy to do and can be customised to search for whatever you want.
Nial.
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www.nialstewartdevelopments.co.uk
Re: Support CTAGS to quickly move between meth
I already have tools set up to handle ctags, but NO tool you set up with TextPad will be as easy to use and as elegant as a built-in feature for that express purpose.
And my statement that not all file have a concept of a method was not to argue against the feature. It was to argue for a version that is general enough to encompass many different applications of the feature.
One of the better examples of a "ctags" type of features is in Visual Studio. TextPad is hell-of-a-lot better editor, but that was one thing MS got right (that and the integrated debugger!).
The tools in TextPad, though very good, are not IMHO well integrated with the editor. They are not plug-ins, and there is only so much that can be done with them.
And my statement that not all file have a concept of a method was not to argue against the feature. It was to argue for a version that is general enough to encompass many different applications of the feature.
One of the better examples of a "ctags" type of features is in Visual Studio. TextPad is hell-of-a-lot better editor, but that was one thing MS got right (that and the integrated debugger!).
The tools in TextPad, though very good, are not IMHO well integrated with the editor. They are not plug-ins, and there is only so much that can be done with them.