> In the interactions window it would be great if we could have, by the
> right side, a toolbar with:
> - a button to save the content of the interaction window
> - a button to load a previously saved interaction sequence (...)
> - a button to kill the last command (this is extremely useful when a
> student makes an endless loop... and believe me : they do ;) )
> - a button to reset all interactions
> - when ESC is pressed it would be great if the current line was
> emptied (eg. if you browse the history with up and down arrows you
> cannot escape it and go back to an empty line)
It wouldn't be too hard to add a toolbar there, and we've already got
buttons for aborting and resetting the interactions. Saving and loading
would be nice-- I don't imagine it being too difficult, though we'd need
a mechanism to feed the input into the pane. Probably a good small
feature project.
> For the top toolbar:
> - the 'Compile' button could use an icon like others
> - A run button (icon = gears) that launches the active file would be great
Already have the compile button. Do we want a run command separate from
the interactions?
> For the edition area:
> - line numbers (they maybe useful for exceptions)
> - selection on double clicks : if I have in my code the text
> "my_variable.getValue()" and I double click on variable, the editor
> selects "variable.getValue" which is not the behavior I was expecting. I
> was expecting "my_variable" to be selected.
Line numbers are on their way (right Jim?). And I agree with the double
click selection-- I've run into that plenty of times. Is there a way to
set selection delimiters in a JEditorPane or an EditorKit?
> File Menu:
> - at the end of this menu it would be nice to have the 4 last files opened
Another nifty feature for a small project...
> Detail: IMHO 'Previous document' and 'Next document' buttons or menu
> items are not very useful. They are redundant with the list of open
> files. Be careful not to add options that will make your interface too
> complex while not adding much usability.
The original reason for the menu items was to publicize the keyboard
shortcuts (ctrl-, and ctrl-.). By the way, I originally wanted to use
something like ctrl-tab or ctrl-arrows, but these are caught by window
managers or java and are used for other things. I guess the
configurability project can address this some... Anyway, I think it's
worth keeping the menu items for now, and definitely the toolbar buttons.
Charlie
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