From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Neat features in Eclipse editor Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:24:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200803240151.m2O1pV87000561@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206383281 3508 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2008 18:28:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:28:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: pmr@pajato.com, Dan Nicolaescu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 19:28:22 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JdrP9-00060D-Uh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:28:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdrOY-0001Sx-RP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdrOU-0001Sr-Ti for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JdrOQ-0001SJ-8V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JdrOQ-0001SG-35 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from iwfs.imcode.com ([82.115.149.64] helo=gate.verona.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JdrOK-00024p-01; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:27:28 -0400 Original-Received: from chopper (IDENT:1005@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.verona.se (8.13.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id m2OIRMKW009399; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:27:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:29:34 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:93311 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > > * Imenu could be extended into a file-structure browsing mechanism > > using code like that of customize-groups. > > Doesn't `speedbar' already provide something very similar to (if > not exactly) that? > > I don't know. I have never used speedbar. > Perhaps it will do this job. > > In practice, the crucial question is whether it works smoothly. > In Eclipse, these features are very visible and they "just work". > It would be good if that were true in Emacs also. > The ECB (Emacs Code Browser) provides several gui features very similar to what Eclipse provides(within the limitations of emacs). The ECB is furthermore a client of Cedet (collection of Emacs development tools), which makes it possible for ECB to provide windows with code browsing facilities etc. Theres lots of screenshots and explanations at http://ecb.sourceforge.net/ and http://cedet.sourceforge.net/ (Both tools have been discussed previously for inclusion in Emacs) I know several readers of the Emacs list dislikes going to a web page for information, but I know no better way at this time. -- Joakim Verona