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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
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 Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 09:43:36 AM
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It would be nice if the "Open File in Workspace" dialog had more information in it.
For example, right now, I'd like to open the largest CPP file I have. There's no way to get that info through the IDE - I have to switch to Explorer, navigate to several folders, sort by size, filter by file type, etc.
Since you're already getting each file's date-modified, getting the size, date-accessed, attribs, etc., doing this wouldn't take many more disk I/O's or CPU cycles.
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Stephen
Tomato Guru
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 10:40:56 AM
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I must say, I've never wanted to open my largest cpp file, but I'm sure you've got a good reason. 
Seriously, I'm inclined to think the size would be just clutter. |
Stephen Turner
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jpizzi
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 10:54:21 AM
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Perhaps he wants to open it so that he can refactor it into smaller files??? 
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2004 : 11:09:42 AM
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Actually, I wanted to test a VAX bug someone reported that seemed to require a really large file. The problem is, I can't even predict what *I* might want someday, much less some other user. It's always "just clutter", until you need it... why would I *ever* need 'Date-Time Accessed'? Until one day I need it, and don't have it...
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
2321 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 09:03:10 AM
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Exactly, thats why I favor a every-program-must-be-a-explorer-add-in approach. This would solve all problems. Sure, it would make everything incredible slow, unhandy and error prone, but hey, you'd have all together where you need it...  |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 10:05:52 AM
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Sure, it would make everything incredible slow, unhandy and error prone, but hey, you'd have all together where you need it...
I have complete faith that our boys could do this in an efficient, elegant, and safe manner.
But I admit that I am on the extreme end of the "kitchen-sink" approach: in programs I write, I try to include as much info and features as humanly possible, and give the user a way to exclude it if they want. It may be overkill for some programs; it's just part of being a perfectionist (in the bad sense), I suppose... 
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Old as dirt
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 10:30:11 AM
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I really like the suggestion of having the options like windows explorer has of selecting which columns you want.
(a sprelling checker on the forum wouldn't be a bad idea either) |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 10:41:27 AM
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(a sprelling checker on the forum wouldn't be a bad idea either)
I use ieSpell from www.iespell.com . It's free and works well for me... um, why, did I misspell something?
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 11 2004 : 10:42:37 AM
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going off topic: http://www.iespell.com/
a free spell checker for the forum the only problem is you have to remember to run it before posting |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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