[Geany] "Replace All" button order

[Ben West]

how about a Select Scope fucntion that allows you to select the current
scope, and then you can do "In selection"
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Benjamin West



On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:17:42 +0100, spir <denis.spir at free.fr> wrote:
>
>
> >> > >-3- I would add a "replace all in current scope" function that I
> >> > >dream of for years already ;-) where 'scope' means closest
> >> > >nesting func, class, or whatever.
> >> >
> >> > Hmm, not sure. Could be done but adds yet another button, yet
> >> > another thing you need to sort out when you do a quick
> >> > search/replace. (this is not a 'no', just a 'I won't work on it')
> >[...]
> >> "In Scope"
> >> sounds interesting, but I think it would be too complicated
> >> practically to be added alongside the other find/replace modes. My
> >> misgivings:
> >>
> >> 1. Would it work reliably/predictably, even in cases of complex C++
> >> code and the like?
> >>
> >> 2. What, exactly, does "scope" mean? Body of the current
> >> function/method? (Would it include the signature line, so you can
> >> find/replace the formal parameters too?)
> >
> >Yes, I meant that. Precisely, as a formal parameter (name) is a local
> >variable (name), I find practicle to be able to "replace all" in the
> >scope of the name life. Namely (sic!) a namespace is imo the proper
> >scope of a "replace all" feature in many cases, if not most. So that
> >when writing "in scope" I rather meant "in the extent of the current
> >code section that defines a namespace".
> > What about just the current curly-brace block, which
> >>    would also have a claim to the term "scope?" Or the current
> >> class? Would there be a preference to decide between these, or would
> >> it be something set by the language syntax driver?
> >
> >The note above basically excludes lower level code blocks such as
> >loops or ifs. Anyway, this seems mostly useful for funcs/methods and
> >it would apply on a whole class only when one points at a line at
> >class top-level. An alternative may be to define this at per-language
> >level inside language specific config files, so that there would be
> >both a geany default and possible user preference.
>
> Hmm, first this is going a bit off-topic and far beyond the original
> request.
> I don't think we need this in the core of Geany, could be done as a
> plugin, maybe.
> But per filetype scope settings just for 'Replace All' sounds heavy to
> me, sorry.
>
> Anyway, we already have some code to find the scope at the cursor
> position and the found scope is displayed in the statusbar. Anyway,
> it's known that this value is not always accurate and not that
> reliable. Especially for PHP files and maybe others.
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
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