Subject: Re: outlines vs. lists (was Re: Commit: Various Lists UI improvements.)
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 08:59:21 CST
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Yes, it sure looks like it! And they recommend it for editing code --
neat! (I once did a Visual Basic project in Word, partly to make it a
literate program but also to use the collapsible outline feature.)
For anyone who's interested, see
http://www.cawley.demon.co.uk/lang.html. Read the section "Folding -
and generalized folds". See this example:
<begin quote>
However, one could also fold within a line. For example, it is surely
informative to replace the code fragment
(today.day >= MONDAY) && (today.day <= FRIDAY) &&
!today.is_public_holiday()
with
today is a working day
especially if the more legible but less precise formulation can be
unfolded instantaneously into the exact representation, should that be
needed.
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Mike -- have you ever used a folding editor? Was it useful? If not,
was it because the concept was not useful or because it wasn't, for
example, integrated with an IDE?
Randy Kramer
Mike Nordell wrote:
>
> > collapsible outlining
>
> I just wanted to let you know that this stuff has as long as I can remember
> been called "a Fold". Make a search on the net for "Folding Editor". This is
> _exactly_ what we're discussing and want (I think). No?
>
> /Mike
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