[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-1523170 ] Line/Word Wrapping in Definitions Pane

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Feature Requests item #1523170, was opened at 2006-07-15 16:09
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Category: Definitions (source editor)
Group: Medium (< 1 pair-month)
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Moez A. Abdel-Gawad (moez)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Line/Word Wrapping in Definitions Pane

Initial Comment:
When opening files with deeply nested code (and urls 
in comments) the text of a Java program can easily go 
beyond view limits.

Supporting line wrapping in the definitions pane of 
DrJava would make viewing that code easier.

An easy conceptual model of line wrapping is to think 
of them as making the code be a 3-dimensional entity, 
rather than the 2-dimensional one. Code, stored 
typically in a file, is 1-dimensional (can be accessed 
using 1 number: byteoffset). "Newline" characters make 
it 2-dimensional (characters accessed using line 
number and column). "Long" lines (with length longer 
the user-defined limit, say 80) make it 3D. This third-
dimension would be used only for display purposes. The 
compiler does need to be aware of it. It also changes 
dynamically according to the width of the current 
user's view width, and can be disabled/enabled.

(Getting this to work with the earlier feature I 
requested (Collapse/Expand Code) may be challenging, 
so probably both would be allowed at the same time).

TextPad, and many text editors, offer a similar 
capability for the sort of line wrapping I'm looking 
for in DrJava.

(This is somewhat similar to, but more general than, 
feature request #1008787)

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