[Geany] Minor usability issues

[Harold Aling]

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:44:31 +0000
Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Another late reply from me...
> 
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:19:05 +0100
> Harold Aling <h.aling at home.nl> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Dear Geany devs,
> > 
> > I've got some little issues/requests:
> > * Closing tab 3 focuses tab 2 instead of the new third tab.
> 
> I'd like Geany to do this, I'll have a look at it when I have time.

Cool!

It seems to be a default behavior of GTK, but maybe it's configurable
somewhere...

Maybe you can also investigate a 'Detach this tab' option? ;) (opens
tab in a new window)

> [...]
> > * Ability to assign keybindings to "Edit -> insert comments"
> 
> I guess we could add these, or some of them. Any ones in particular
> you need?

"Insert function description" Maybe then I'll document my code
better...

> > * The last line in your(/a php) file doesn't behave correctly. For
> > example: autocomplete does not work
> 
> I'm not sure about this. Maybe it's been fixed - if not, can you show
> some example code?

It seems to be fixed in the latest revision, the only difference is
that the code initially gets a different color, but that's a really
minor issue...

> 
> > File browser plugin
> > * Use of '~' in the 'path' input
> > * Change the background of 'path' to red if the path you've entered
> > doesn't exist (just like the search bar does)
> > * Show a tooltip when hovering above an item that doesn't fit in the
> > sidebar's width
> 
> These sound good ideas, but probably I won't work on them for now.

I'll post all remaining requests on the sourceforge tracker, when I'll
find the time... (I've got a couple more of them ;) )

> 
> Regards,
> Nick

Thanx for your reply!


-H-