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Re: Suggestions for improvements [message #168 is a reply to message #7]

Mon, 28 November 2005 21:47

gprentice
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But there are no open files in TheIDE Smile There is just one file you are editing... Means only possible thing is some form of LRU list. And never forget to use Ctrl+Tab, that is the best option for dealing with LRU files AFAIK.

Anyway, I will consider adding <LRU> pseudopackage....

You've lost me just slightly. By open files, I was referring to the files that have a "file tab" - the ones that you can step through with Ctrl Alt left/right. I miss Ctrl shift tab for reversing ctrl tab stepping order.

I recall some discussion about this on the mailing list. I definitely don't want to tell you what to do or suggest priorities but I wouldn't be using slickedit for serious work if I hadn't been able to write my own "open files" list vertical toolbar. Most often I have this displaying "open buffers" (slickedit terminology) grouped into directories that can be collapsed (I don't use the collapsing much) but I can also have a single MRU list (most recently used). A feature I also consider essential is the ability to alternate between the last two files visited - e.g. suppose you use ctrl tab to step through files a,b,c,d,e - then alternating between last two files would go d,e,d,e,d,e indefinitely. I also have a "mode" for stepping backwards and forwards thru MRU list without altering the MRU list itself until you exit the mode - arrow keys step forwards/back - also numeric keys 1 to 9 "jump" to that position (but I don't use them a lot).

Anyway, LRU pseudo package sounds good but it would need to show only files that are "open" Smile

(that have a file tab), rather than show the entire history of files you have edited since time began the way ctrl tab does Smile

- even better would be a hotkey or context menu option for switching between "all of time" and "current" files.

Graeme

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