Re: [gedit-list] Function List plugin

[Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi polito it>]

Hi,

> 
> I writing this email to declare my intention to work on a plugin that 
> provides a function list (which would let you jump to each function's 
> body by clicking on a list of function names for the current open file) 
> for at least C, and presumably more languages down the line.
> 
> I am also seeking advice.  How would the GEdit developers like this to 
> work?  Like the current Tag List plugin that opens a new window and has 
> to be explicitly re-opened on gedit startup (seems like a reasonable way 
> to do it)?  Or, maybe like UltraEdit does it and open a panel in the 
> editor itself and remembers its opened/closed state across gedit 
> processes?  In particular, I'm looking for input from a useability/HIG 
> perspective.

Well, both solutions are ok for me. You could also try a 3rd way: the
window (ATM, you can not have panels in gedit) is automatically reopened
when you open a file for which you previously opened the window itself
(i.e. by remembering the state on a per-file base).

> 
> Also, is there any prior art or other efforts in this direction that I 
> should be aware of? 

There should be some code in scaffold (but I'm not sure) and there were
also a very old plugin for gedit (probably in pre 0.6 releases).

>  Is there a resource that would do the source code 
> processing for me? 

You could use ctags (iirc, there should also be a "libified" version of
ctags used by scaffold.

>  Ideally, GtkSourceView could handle some of this 
> work -- does it have support for what a function looks like in various 
> languages or even for parsing through a file? 

No, it has not support for this kind of stuff.

>  I can't find good 
> documentation for what gtksourceview provides.
> 

If you want, I'd like to discuss your plans (on the gedit-list ML or on
the #gedit channel on irc.gnome.org)

Regards,
Paolo

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