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tiny request with IDE
Jun 23rd, 2008, 1:24am
 
This has been on my mind for a while, but I never mentioned it as it is too non-critical and minor to bring up I thought. But then I just realized I might as well just mention it, in case it does get added to the todo list!

Theres a few things actually, some of them are purely personal preference - so only mentioning them in case its straightforward to add them as an option.

- I've got my tab set to 4 spaces, and quite often I find things don't line up (it was like that with 2 spaces too). I think the tab just indents by 4 spaces (or whatever) instead of pushing to the next tabstop. I know its not that big of a deal, but I like my code to look nice too Tongue so end up fine tuning the alignments with spaces

- I'm not too keen on the way the text starts so close to the left edge, when I maximize my window and the window is on the left edge of the screen, the text is almost touching my bezel. Maybe a left margin option?

- The search/replace could definitely do with some improvement. I find myself always copy/pasting between xcode and the processing PDE. I'm not asking for full on RegExp style thing, but at least a whole words option.

- A 'currently open sketches' menu item, like what apps usually have in their 'window' menu. So you can easily switch between open sketches (and if you do go as far as a 'window' menu a 'tile horizontally' or 'tile vertically' would go down quite well too!

- I would prefer if it didn't open my last sketches that were open. I sometimes have loads of sketches open, and I shutdown processing. And usually launch processing by doubleclicking on a PDE file, so it when it opens I get all the old sketches everywhere as well as the one I doubleclicked on (and usually open twice if I had it open before).

Like I said, tiny personal requests which would just make my life (and maybe a few others) a tiny bit more comfortable. Despite these little things I mentioned, I still prefer to develop in processing than xcode... I just love the fact that it launches in a few seconds, you can type in code and press run without saving or anything... absolutely brilliant. But I thought I might just mention these to get it off my chest Tongue

cheers,




Re: tiny request with IDE
Reply #1 - Jun 23rd, 2008, 9:01am
 
hi memo!

requests added to the forum tend to get hidden after a while .. there's a bug and enhancement database at http://dev.processing.org/bugs that is a better place for such things. when you're posting there make sure to search first, i think some things you mention are already in. and make it seperate requests.

thanks!
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