[Eric] Go to definition?

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Montag, 20. Oktober 2008, OldGrantonian wrote:
> I'm trying out Eric 4.2.2 on WinXP Home. I'm new to everything, including
> Python.
>
> Eric is very fast at finding all files that contain an item. For example,
> in the following line:
>
>     main_widget.helpMenu.insertItem("Hello there", hi)
>
> if I highlight "insertItem", then press Shift+Ctrl+F, I get a dialog that
> lists all the files that contain "insertItem". This is very useful.
>
> Eclipse has another useful feature:  if I highlight something and press a
> hot key I can get a single line that defines the highlighted entry.
>
> Can Eric do this? If so, I would be most grateful if someone could tell me
> the hot key?

That can be done via the rope refactoring plugin. The actions hasn't a 
shortcut assigned to it but one can do so.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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