Re: [ jEdit-devel ] CtagsInterface plugin: remove all tags

[Tom P. <tom...@gm...>]

That all makes good sense Jarek thanks.

Had the idea this eve of putting "Source trees", "Files" and "Projects" in
a single options pane called "Origins" and referring to that elsewhere, but
there wouldn't be enough room for long paths if I did so forgot that...

Instead going to:

- Remove the word "source" from the the option pane labels
- Put something about tags having "origins" in the user guide
- Change the warning message to: "Warning: this will delete all the tags in
your index and links to their origins (projects, directories etc)."

Should clear things up I hope!

Cheers

Tom

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Jarek Czekalski
<jar...@po...>wrote:

> W dniu 05/20/2012 11:40 AM, Tom Power pisze:
>
>  Hi Jarek,
>>
>> Thanks for the feedback (and all your other help!).
>>
>> The CtagsInterface index stores ctags tags (http://ctags.sourceforge.net/
>> **whatis.html <http://ctags.sourceforge.net/whatis.html>) and that's
>> what's being added/deleted in any of the CtagsInterface actions, which is
>> why I used "Remove all tags". The idea of origins/sources is added in extra
>> fields in the tags by CtagInterfaces, and when the tags go they go too. But
>> can see what you mean from a user perspective, the user is presented with
>> what CtagsInterface is running ctags on in the option panes and not what's
>> being indexed..
>>
> Yes, from user perspective I see 2 separate things: sources of tags
> (visible in option panes) and tags themselves (visible in tag preview
> window). Since we are talking about user interface it's good to forget
> about internal interpretation :) That's the cause of misunderstanding, I
> don't know implementation details. With this lack of understanding I am
> good representative of beginner users.
>
>
>> I'm not sure about using "Remove all tag sources". The term "tag sources"
>> isn't used elsewhere in the plugin: "source" is being used as in "source
>> code" rather than "source of tags" in the options pane
>>
>
> "Source trees" and "Source files" captions made me think they are "Sources
> of tags". Maybe the intention was different, like in poetry :)
>
>
>  (is just "projects" and "tag files" for those panes, not "source
>> projects" and "source tag files") and actions are described in terms of
>> ctags tags in the user guide etc. Also wonder if users might think you'll
>> be deleting actual projects/files etc if the action's labeled "Remove all
>> tag sources"?
>>
>
> No, if the option is in CtagsInterface menu. Here we already have "Remove
> current file" and I consider it clear. Am not afraid it could remove my
> file from disk.
>
>
>  Another way would be to talk about both but keep them separate, any of
>> these sound good, or if you can think of something else?
>>
>> - "Remove all tags from all sources"
>> - "Remove all tags from all origins"
>> - "Remove all tags and origins"
>> - "Remove all tags and sources"
>> - "Remove all tags and links to origins"
>> - "Remove all tags and links to sources"
>>
>
> Leaving the old name "Remove all tags" but changing confirmation note is
> another option.
>
>
>
>> Might be worth changing some of the wording on the options/user guide as
>> well depending on what we go with.
>>
>
> Probably that would be perfect. If you like it. No pressure from me though.
>
> Thanks
> Jarek
>
>