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From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: THINK Pascal enhancements I'd like to see...
Keywords: (as long as we're on the subject)
Message-ID: <1990Mar24.013103.19064@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 24 Mar 90 01:31:03 GMT
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In article <1990Mar23.181237.27430@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>,
palmer@tybalt.caltech.edu (David Palmer) writes:
> 
> What I'd like to see in the Think C editor is the ability to 'hide'
> nested code.  This would be done in a manner similar to an outline processor.
> When you open up a file, each procedure is represented
> by just its definition.  Double click on that, and you get something like
> 
> void foo(int bar, double *prime)
> {
>     int i;
>     char *text;
>     for (i = 0 ; text[i] != '\0' ; i++) {
>     }
> }
> 
> Clicking on the 'for' reveals its contents, etc.
> 
> Of course, I only want it if it can be fully configured for different 
> indenting styles etc., and if it can be turned off.
> 
> I have heard that the editor which is used for Occam on transputers
does this,
> but I have never seen this.
> 
It's called the folding editor - a great idea. The whole system is built up
hierarchically like this, including files and directories. Unfortunately,
the detailed implementation isn't so hot, and it's a real pain to use. The
system is called TDS, for Transputer Development System, which I pronounce
as te-de-us. I think a better improvement in the Mac context would be
paned windows, as in MS Word, to allow you to see a function definition as
well as edit the place it's being used.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu