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Pelles C => Feature requests => Topic started by: ssb on July 30, 2008, 10:21:10 AM
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First I want to thank you for the excellent compiler. I code in C for decades and it's first time I see such a quality pro-class product free of all the bloat others have. Great job indeed!
Although I used to write code with my trusty editor, I really liked PellesC (v5) IDE and started using it on daily basis. However I have some minor, easy to implement suggestions.
1. Make "New project" dialog a bit wider (~20%) or resizable.
2. File - "Save As..." currently uses fixed sized dialog instead a resizable one, like file open. I think this is a minor but quite annoying bug.
3. Close tabs using mouse mid click
4. A tab context menu command allowing to close all the others tabs except current
5. Use mouse/key combination for "Go to definition of..." (something like CTRL-left click)
6. A "delete current line" editor command + shortcut (maybe a delete to EOL too, if you wish). I had suggested this two years ago (http://forum.pellesc.de/index.php?topic=1340.msg5925#msg5925) but seems you forgot to implement it. Please do that, as it's a very common action during coding.
I hope you consider implementing these in a future release.
Thanks
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OK, thanks!
1. Make "New project" dialog a bit wider (~20%) or resizable.
Resizable is on my personal wishlist and the best general solution - but also a bit harder to do. Probably.
2. File - "Save As..." currently uses fixed sized dialog instead a resizable one, like file open. I think this is a minor but quite annoying bug.
Bug? No. Something to change? Maybe.
3. Close tabs using mouse mid click
Maybe.
4. A tab context menu command allowing to close all the others tabs except current
I have seen it, and always found it rather useless. I think not.
5. Use mouse/key combination for "Go to definition of..." (something like CTRL-left click)
Maybe, If I can find a combination that isn't needed for something more important.
6. A "delete current line" editor command + shortcut (maybe a delete to EOL too, if you wish). I had suggested this two years ago (http://forum.pellesc.de/index.php?topic=1340.msg5925#msg5925) but seems you forgot to implement it. Please do that, as it's a very common action during coding.
Same as 4.
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Thanks for the answer Pele, and welcome back. :)
About #6, could you please reconsider it? Sorry to insist but line deletions is a common task and the lack of a shortcut command is very annoying.
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Thanks for the answer Pele, and welcome back. :)
About #6, could you please reconsider it? Sorry to insist but line deletions is a common task and the lack of a shortcut command is very annoying.
What would you suggest that is simpler than the standard line delete shortcut Shift+End Delete?
Robert Wishlaw
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What would you suggest that is simpler than the standard line delete shortcut Shift+End Delete?
This is a workaround, Robert, and definitely not a shortcut. Although this 'workaround' works on all Windows text controls, I don't know a single text editor that doesn't support a dedicated "delete-current-line" shortcut; excluding Windows Notepad ofcourse! :)
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Quote from: ssb on July 30, 2008, 04:21:10 PM
1. Make "New project" dialog a bit wider (~20%) or resizable.
Resizable is on my personal wishlist and the best general solution - but also a bit harder to do. Probably.
Hi Pelle,
Glad you are back!!
this may help with resizing/moving controls
originally from my BCX code:
http://www.bcxgurus.com/bcxusers/Ian/AnchorDemo.C after you get past the BCX additions.
easy to add/get form size to ini file or registry using GetWindowPlacement/ SetWindowPlacement then take original size and resize to the values needed.
Ian
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OK, thanks.
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This is a workaround, Robert, and definitely not a shortcut. Although this 'workaround' works on all Windows text controls, I don't know a single text editor that doesn't support a dedicated "delete-current-line" shortcut; excluding Windows.
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4.
I have seen it, and always found it rather useless. I think not.
6. A "delete current line" editor command + shortcut (maybe a delete to EOL too, if you wish). I had suggested this two years ago (http://forum.pellesc.de/index.php?topic=1340.msg5925#msg5925) but seems you forgot to implement it. Please do that, as it's a very common action during coding.
Same as 4.
A "delete current line" editor command + shortcut is "useless" ?!?
Every single editor out there worth anything has it but you won't put in such a basic shortcut ? Unbelievable.
A shame because the IDE is pretty decent for a one-man project.
Ignoring this very basic request for years even after numerous demands for it is either incredibly stupid
or plain old stubborn short-sightedness of the worst kind.
I know this is your editor but come on, make the minimum of effort in putting yourself in other people's places when coding !