[TxMt] Re: document tabs redux / wish list [in a new thread ?]

[David Lee]

thanks Allan.

Now, as its seems most things i ask for are either possible already (a 
documentation / exploration issue) or things you're already planning 
sensibly I think I'll lurk on the list & experiment with automation to 
keep myself busy till the next beta ;)

D

On 02/04/2005, at 3:45 AM, Allan Odgaard wrote:

> On Apr 1, 2005, at 15:20, David Lee wrote:
>
>>>> I'd love to see a good regular expression composer (Komodo does 
>>>> this superbly, Kdevelop well too).
>
> I think such a thing could just as well be an external tool.
>
>> Autocompletion, when it works really well (knows the available 
>> methods of the object you've just typed; knows the classes & 
>> variables you've defined on this page and elsewhere in the project) 
>> is one of the best things an editor can do for you.
>>
>> It's also probably insanely involved and language-specific, so the 
>> best we could hope for is a well-considered, powerful way for bundles 
>> to get this done with a minimum of overhead or inconsistency. I'm not 
>> sure what's currently possible or planned here but it's not doing 
>> what i wished for out-of-the-box.
>
> Well yes -- it's certainly planned, but let's take one thing at a 
> time. If you've followed this mailing list you should know that I do 
> have my plate full with stuff I need to do.
>
>> If i wish to paste the second-last thing i copied, I should be able 
>> to tap cmd-shift-v twice and end up only with the thing i wanted to 
>> paste on the screen.
>
> hmm... actually I quite often do multiple copy's and then paste them 
> all at once (when I want to collect a list or similar), so I wouldn't 
> actually like this behavior. But I understand others might appreciate 
> it, I'll consider how I can allow something like this in the future.
>
>> The clipboard viewer is great, but not in that context.
>
> Cmd-option-shift-V to open it, use arrow keys to go to the item you 
> want, and press return. Now it's pasted.
>
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