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Aug 30, 2004, 11:58 AM
 
Hmmm... last topic was empty. Weird. Anyway,

Does anyone know of a collapseably text editor that supports Obj-C? Basically I want to be able to view code in "outline mode" where I can close methods I'm not working on. It would also be nice to have a navigable list of methods along the side of the window that I can click on to go to that method.
     
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Aug 30, 2004, 12:05 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
Hmmm... last topic was empty. Weird. Anyway,

Does anyone know of a collapseably text editor that supports Obj-C? Basically I want to be able to view code in "outline mode" where I can close methods I'm not working on. It would also be nice to have a navigable list of methods along the side of the window that I can click on to go to that method.
I love this feature in Eclipse, but unfortunately nobody has written an objective-c plugin for it that I know of.
     
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Aug 30, 2004, 01:18 PM
 
As far as jumping to methods both BBEdit and XCode provide a function pop-up list. I'm curious about "outline mode", can you point me to something other than Eclipse that has this? Or post a screenshot? Thanks.
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Aug 30, 2004, 02:17 PM
 
Originally posted by techtrucker:
As far as jumping to methods both BBEdit and XCode provide a function pop-up list. I'm curious about "outline mode", can you point me to something other than Eclipse that has this? Or post a screenshot? Thanks.
Basically like list mode in the finder. Except, instead of clicking the little triangle next to a folder, it is next to a method name, and it collapses/expands the entire method to one line so you just see the title. If you need to work in the method, just expand it again.
     
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Aug 30, 2004, 03:40 PM
 
Sounds handy, decided to download Eclipse just to check it out...
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Aug 30, 2004, 09:19 PM
 
Intelij IDEA has has it also, miss it when using xcode. In Intelij, when you mouse over a method or class name you get a frame-less floating window that show you also what is inside the method without having to open it, look and then close.

At it to the one hundered and one thing I would love in XCode.
     
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Nov 28, 2004, 11:14 PM
 
I have a quick question for you about the Mac and Eclipse. I have Mac OS X 10.3.6 and downloaded Eclipse 3.01 on my iBook. I put the Eclipse icon on my dock, but when I click on it a second Eclipse icon shows up o n the dock and the one I placed there doesn't have the black arrow underneath it.

Anyway to fix this or is it just like this?
Troy Murray
     
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Nov 29, 2004, 01:33 AM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
Hmmm... last topic was empty. Weird. Anyway,

Does anyone know of a collapseably text editor that supports Obj-C? Basically I want to be able to view code in "outline mode" where I can close methods I'm not working on. It would also be nice to have a navigable list of methods along the side of the window that I can click on to go to that method.
For a while, I ran Kate in X11 just for this feature ... nice built in terminal too.

I think jEdit has this feature, but I've never gotten it to work ... or is "folding" something different?
     
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Nov 29, 2004, 11:26 AM
 
Originally posted by troymurray:
I have a quick question for you about the Mac and Eclipse. I have Mac OS X 10.3.6 and downloaded Eclipse 3.01 on my iBook. I put the Eclipse icon on my dock, but when I click on it a second Eclipse icon shows up o n the dock and the one I placed there doesn't have the black arrow underneath it.

Anyway to fix this or is it just like this?
You see that with a lot of X11 and Java apps. The icon you put in your dock is just a launcher for the real app. The real app usually needs to be run from the command line with switches and parameters, hence you can't just put that icon in the dock.
     
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Nov 29, 2004, 02:10 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
You see that with a lot of X11 and Java apps. The icon you put in your dock is just a launcher for the real app. The real app usually needs to be run from the command line with switches and parameters, hence you can't just put that icon in the dock.
OK, thanks.
Troy Murray
     
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Dec 21, 2004, 04:03 PM
 
I can't believe nobody mentioned JEdit. www.jedit.org
It's not just for java files
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Dec 21, 2004, 04:07 PM
 
Originally posted by chadseld:
I can't believe nobody mentioned JEdit. www.jedit.org
It's not just for java files
Good find - I assumed it just did Java! Now if it can do code completion... maybe that's asking too much.
     
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Dec 21, 2004, 10:04 PM
 
Originally posted by hayesk:
Good find - I assumed it just did Java! Now if it can do code completion... maybe that's asking too much.
Does the best code completion�for java though
If you're a java developer this is the editor you need, it comes with a great plugin manager with lots of essential plugins, is less bulky than eclipse, easy to use, and fast.
     
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Dec 22, 2004, 01:58 PM
 
TextMate supports function collapsing, as well as Objective-C syntax highlighting.

http://macromates.com/
     
   
 
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