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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    Re: Inline widgets in the editor view
From:       Milian Wolff <mail () milianw ! de>
Date:       2014-06-10 8:22:48
Message-ID: 16140603.AyJYxX3PjE () minime
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On Monday 09 June 2014 10:48:11 Kevin Funk wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> Working a bit with Coverity (static analysis tool, [1]) lately, I've come
> across this nice way [2] of reporting errors. Xcode has a similar way of
> reporting errors [3].

Also: http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.de/2009/05/kdevelop-error-display-and-breadcrumbs.html

> I think, having some basic infrastructure for displaying this kind of inline
> widgets would be beneficial not just for KDevelop land.
> 
> How hard would it be implement something like that for Kate?
> 
> Obvious advantages of these inline widgets compared to other solutions:
> * Information text is close to the range it's attached to
> * The widget doesn't hide other editor contents
>   (as opposed to some tooltip solution)
> * No user interaction required to retrieve the information text
>   (it's always there)

I would agree that it could be interesting. Maybe with a keyboard shortcut to 
toggle it on/off. Off would then only show the underlines and the user has to 
place the mouse/cursor in the range to see a tooltip. Sounds cool!

Bye
-- 
Milian Wolff
mail@milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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