[Eric] eric4 - suggestions

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Matthieu TC wrote:
> Hello.
> Thanks for your quick reply. Here is my follow-up.
>
> >>   -Can I recursively add ANY file/directory to the project (txt, tmpl,
> >> etc..). I've been trying to do that in multiple ways but it never
> >> worked.
> >
> >Yes you can. Just select the Add directory... entry of the project menu or
> > the project browser context menu and check the recursive checkbox.
>
> This hardly works as I would expect it to. If I try to add a directory to
> the source tab, I can only add .py files.. The filetype combobox in 'Add
> Directory...' does not reflect the changes to the Filetype associations.
> Further, if I want to add a directory that is already there, the directory
> will be added twice. And the only way to recursively add any file under a
> directory is to ever only use the 'others' tab and add it there.

Changed 'Add Directory...' and 'Add Files...' dialogs will be part of the next 
eric 4.1 snapshot.

>
> >>   -It would be nice if Find definition/references would be run in a
> >> separate thread, and would thus be 'cancellable'.
> >
> >I'll think about that. Please note, that eric 4.1 will factor these out as
> > a plugin.
>
> nice :)

That will be part of the next eric 4.1 snapshot.

>
> >>   -Whenever I run a script within Eric4, the output goes to the shell,
> >> not to the log viewer.
> >
> >That is done by intention. The shell is the i/o interface to the debugger
> >backend.
>
> Okay.. but is there any way to use the Log Viewer (I'm not trying to debug,
> I'm running the script.)?  For heavy output, the shell isn't great.
>
> >>   -The project viewer always synchronizes itself with the current file
> >> in the editor, can I toggle that behavior?  Often, I would like to have
> >> the project viewer stay still when I open a file.
> >
> > I'll add an option for this.
>
> I would be forever grateful :)
>
> >>   -I'm using Eric4 over a network file share, and when I lose my
> >> internet connection with the file share, eric4 freezes.
> >
> >Do you have any idea, where in the code it freezes? I'd be very happy, if
> > you could try to debug this one.
>
> I'll do my best, some day next week.
>
> Thanks,
> -mats
>

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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