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List:       kwrite-devel
Subject:    Re: Inline widgets in the editor view
From:       Kevin Funk <kfunk () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-06-10 10:47:24
Message-ID: 2608030.FPNDsczAmJ () kerberos
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On Tuesday 10 June 2014 10:22:48 Milian Wolff wrote:
> 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-breadcr
> umbs.html

Hm, interesting. That was way before I actually looked into KDevelop/Kate 
development.

Where's the code for that? Is there any? :)

> > 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

-- 
Kevin Funk
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