On Mar 13, 2005, at 11:27 PM, Eric Hsu wrote:
The other piece asks for split views of the same document. I think BBEdit had this, but I used the functionality about once a month. If I need to jump between subroutines, there are a number of 'jump to function' commands that are competing in the TM svn repository. The project I'm working on now is broken up into a bunch of modules that are in different files anyway. I have been learning how fantastically indispensable the "Find in Project" command is.
BBEdit's implementation is one horizontal split pane, IIRC. Not good enough.
Imagine that you have a really large source file. Imagine that you need to make changes to code at top of the file that require interrelated changes to stuff at the bottom, and/or vice versa. Imagine these changes are too complicated to hold all of the details in your head.
You don't need this often, but when you do, it's essential.
In the past, I've actually used four horizontal split panes working on the same document at once. That was a particularly intricate case, but I would certainly use the functionality if I had it now. Unfortunately, Xcode's pane split UI sucks. MPW did it right (more or less).
Chris
You don't need this often, but when you do, it's essential.
Yeah, I was thankful that one time a month I used it. And I would be happy to have it in TM. The question is always priorities...
- Eric
On 14 Mar 2005, at 07:59, Eric Hsu wrote:
You don't need this often, but when you do, it's essential.
Yeah, I was thankful that one time a month I used it. And I would be happy to have it in TM. The question is always priorities...
The one thing I miss from jedit is actually being able to open -several- files in split panes. That's the scenario I used the most, and the one I'd really love to see in TM.
David Casal
I just registered TM and I must say that this is an issue for me too.
Long file, reference info at the top, function I'm working on at the bottom.
Obvious solution, split the window as you would in every real editor I've used for the last 25 years.
Just consider this one more vote for split windows (this is where I vote, isn't it?).
Steve
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On Mar 13, 2005, at 11:59 PM, Eric Hsu wrote:
You don't need this often, but when you do, it's essential.
Yeah, I was thankful that one time a month I used it. And I would be happy to have it in TM. The question is always priorities...
Oh, absolutely. We also need to keep in mind that TextMate is still less than 6 months old, and practically everyone has a 'killer' feature that must exist for the editor to be fully useful to them, and the list of such features is quite long...
Chris
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