From: William S F. <ws...@fu...> - 2006-08-03 08:39:33
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rod <rodkay <at> mullum.com.au> writes: > > > I guess I've adopted an 'Ada-ish' style for the c++ code, in which > > > each class has it's own header and implementation file. As you suggest, > > > there is no pressing need for this setup; the files can be merged into a > > > single support file, or even into the module file itself. My only concern > > > is that this will make for huge files. > > > > Everyone works differently, but I find one or two big files with self > > contained code are easier to find your way around than many little files > > when moving around the code; * is your friend if you use vim (or CTRL-K > > in Eclipse, or CTRL-F3 in visual studio). > > I've only been using text editors. I guess I should look into a decent C++ > IDE to make life a little easier. > This shortcut is just to search for exact word matches at the cursor within the same file. Any decent text editor will offer this, so an IDE is not absolutely necessary. Eclipse CDT strikes me as being really good at navigating around the code, perhaps better than visual studio and SourceNavigator. I still tend to fire up vim though for any serious editing sessions :) William |