Re: [Gambas-devel] Some ideas for the Gambas IDE
Brought to you by:
gambas
From: Benoit M. <ga...@us...> - 2008-07-14 15:53:43
|
On samedi 12 juillet 2008, Patrik Karlsson wrote: > Hi, Hi, > here are a few ideas that I think would make the Gambas IDE a > little bit nicer. > > 1.Replace "[Modified]" with a "*". > Why? It takes less space and you dont have do browse with hte arrows > when having many open tabs/files. OK. > > 2.Add a "Close all tabs" feature. > Why? It's quicker with one click instead of two. You can use the "Close all windows" menu entry, don't you? > > 3.Add a Keyboard shortcut for "Stop". > Why? So one can use keyboard instead of the mouse. ALT + PAUSE! > > 4.Fix tool tip or window title for search list. Tool tip is > Searchlist, Window title is FindList. > Why? It's nice if they are the same. Yeah. > > 5."Close all other tabs" and "Close current tab" takes the open file > as the current and not the tab you right clicked on. > Why? Konqueror and every other program I know does the later. I don't know if it is possible, because TabStrip in Qt are not the same as the ones used in Konqueror. I don't know for "every other program you know". > > 6.Add minimize IDE on run option. > Why? Im used to it in delphi :) and the desktop gets cleaner. Good idea, I note it in the TODO list. > > 7.Add "Reverse statement command". A selceted a=b would be b=a after a > reverse. Why? It's quick and nice. What is the use of that? > > 8.Fix so that Tab on selected text does a DELETE (of the selection) > and insert TAB (space) > Why? Every program I know do it this way. TAB tabulates. If you want to delete, use the delete key. > > 9.Add Bold the current argument input in a procedure argument hint. > Why? When there are many arguments it's easy to keep track of what input > I'm on. I know that, but it is difficult to implement, so I have never did that. But if I find time and courage, who knows? :-) > > 10.And finally, a GTK app started from the IDE starts behind the IDE. Mmm. I don't think I'm guilty. Only the window manager decides where a new window appears on the desktop. Which one do you use? > > This is just my ideas, use them if you like, and keep up the good work! > > PS I'm using 2.7.0 Thanks for the suggestions. -- Benoit Minisini |