[Eric] navigator pane

detlev detlev at die-offenbachs.de
Tue Oct 20 18:23:46 BST 2009


On Montag, 19. Oktober 2009, Kamil Páral wrote:
> Dne 19.10.2009 22:30, Hans-Peter Jansen napsal(a):
> > On Monday 19 October 2009, 21:21:47 Kamil Páral wrote:
> >> Dne 19.10.2009 19:50, detlev napsal(a):
> >>> Sure, just use the file browser. Opening (expanding) a Python file will
> >>> show the internal structure.
> >>>
> >>> Detlev
> >>
> >> I must say the the navigator in geany/spyder/eclipse is a little more
> >> handy.
> >
> > What's missing - could you elaborate?
> >
> > Pete
> 
> Well on my mind was simply the fact, that if you don't want to use
> projects, just open a python file, you don't have the navigator
> immediately available. You must go through the structure in the file
> browser pane and find your file, which may be deep in the hiearchy. This
> approach also forces you to adjust horizontal toolbar, because the file
> tree eats your space from the left. If you have more files opened and
> switch tabs from one to another, the navigator does not change, you also
> have to manually navigate from the old file to the new one. All of this
> you have to do everytime you open Eric, it doesn't remember.
> 
> It seems to me that having a single pane just for
> classes/methods/attributes, that would show everytime
> (project/non-project), automatically updated if tabs are switched, would
> be a big advantage. Just as in other IDEs.
> 
> But I don't want to say that it should be changed or something. Maybe
> I'm just used to a different kind of work approach :)

I'll add this to the wishlist.

Regards,
Detlev
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