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New feature text map

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:36 am
by 11111
As you know, there are few text editors with "content-map" feature.

For example: "sublime text", "Notepad++",
"EditBone", "Parnassus navigator (RAD Studio IDE plugin)" and others ...

I think it will be nice feature for TRichView ...

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:26 am
by Sergey Tkachenko
How should it look like?

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:20 am
by 11111
here is how its look like in Parnassus Navigator plugin
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Here for sublime text
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Edit bone text editor (open source Delphi)
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Notepad ++
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:42 am
by Sergey Tkachenko
Ok, I understand, thank you.
It's not a trivial thing, the main problem is updating this window efficiently without redrawing the whole thing on each editing.
Probably, we will implement it in future, but not in very near future.

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:41 pm
by 11111
Probably, we will implement it in future, but not in very near future.
Good to hear it. ))

Also, I want to say that in most editors this map is represented like scrolling alternative only, but in
parnassus plugin it has feature to preview code part in large hint by pointing mouse. how you can see this from the sceenshot.