Re: Nifty Feature - Folding Functions
Re: Nifty Feature - Folding Functions
- Subject: Re: Nifty Feature - Folding Functions
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:11:44 +0200
oops,
>
>>>>> Ondra Cada (OC) wrote at Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:29:21 +0200:
OC> [demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type image/tiff which had a name
OC> of Edit.tiff; x-unix-mode=0644]
picture attachments used to work here, did they not?!?
Well, here's the plaintext version:
Farl,
>
>>>>> Farl (F) wrote at Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:58:47 -0700:
F> Not sure if this is the right list for this, but what is a rather
F> immensely useful function in a code editor, is the ability to FOLD
F> functions away so they only show as their header line.
Not just functions; blocks, rather.
F> This makes code writing FAR easier as once you finish a function you
F> "fold" it away. Maybe a key command or a special checkbox next to the
F> function name would be a good implementation of this. Obviosuly the code
F> is still there, it is just not visible and allows for easier searching
F> thru lines and lines of code for what you want.
Or you can try the original NeXTStep Edit.app for awhile, since it
implemented this feature *QUITE* nicely:
<
http://www.ocs.cz/Images/Edit.tiff>
It is one of great NeXTStep features which alas disappeared (this one even
before Apple bought NeXT ;)
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