[Eric] Tasks markers for non-project files

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2011, 09:24:35 schrieb Leonardo Giordani:
> 2011/10/18 Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> 
> > Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2011, 08:21:06 schrieb Leonardo Giordani:
> > > Ok, I'm fine with global tasks, but I do not understand why tasks
> > > for a
> > > non-project file do not disappear when that file is closed.
> > > They are loaded with that file ad they should appear in task manager
> > > as
> > 
> > long
> > 
> > > as I keep that file open, doesn't they?
> > > 
> > > Perhaps I do not understand the behavior you wanted, but I feel
> > > unconfortable to see in task manager a list of tasks which belongs
> > > to
> > 
> > files
> > 
> > > I do not manage.
> > 
> > That is a valid point. However, how should we handle tasks in files that
> > you
> > manage but don't want to place in a project (e.g. a collection of little
> > maybe
> > unrelated scripts)? Maybe the global behavior should be configurable
> > (selection would be the current behavior and the way you expect it).
> > That
> > could go into the current lines of development (probably eric5 first).
> 
> Thank you for you answer.
> 
> I see no problems with files I do not put in a project: when I open them,
> their tasks appear, when I close them they tasks disappear.
> Eric is not a task manager, so it should not try to act as a task
> repository: if the file is open I'm interested in its tasks.
> "Global task" to me means only a task that is extracted from a file not
> belonging to the project.
> 
> I think we should simply run the task-extractor when opening a file. When a
> project is opened we run through all files and run the task-extractor
> irrespective of the status of the file (opened or closed).
> When closing a file we have to remove its tasks only if it does not belong
> to the project.
> 
> I'm going to look at the code to see if I can come with a concrete proposal.

I've already done this for eric5 (need to port it over to eric4). The 
infrastructure for this was already there.

> 
> Regards
> 
> Leo
> 
> > > Thank you
> > > 
> > > Leo
> > > 
> > > 2011/10/17 Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > eric actually manages two kinds of tasks, project related task,
> > > > which
> > > > appear in files belonging to a project or are entered as such,
> > > > and
> > > > global
> > > > tasks, which are extracted from files not belonging to the
> > > > current
> > > > project or are not marked as being project tasks. So the
> > > > described
> > > > behavior is as intended by me.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Detlev
> > > > 
> > > > Am 17.10.2011 um 11:22 schrieb Leonardo Giordani:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, a little bug report about tasks markers.
> > > > 
> > > > If I load a non-project file (to look at some extra code) Eric
> > > > will
> > 
> > load
> > 
> > > > the tasks markers for this file.
> > > > 
> > > > This can be a good thing, but when the file is closed, since it
> > > > is not in
> > > > the project, its tasks markers should be removed.
> > > > 
> > > > This does not happen. Moreover, they stay there even if I close
> > > > the
> > > > project and create a new one.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > 
> > > > Leo
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> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Detlev Offenbach
> > > > detlev at die-offenbachs.de
> > 
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