> - it would be good if there was some graphical representation of the > current bookmarks state.
Any ideas on what the graphical representation should look like? Should it be a popup window? Or a side bar? > > - did you consider just having an (unordered) list of bookmarks? Then, > adding a book mark would be a keystroke that'd be separate from > jumping around, so you'd have to set them yourself, but you could > iterate around in the set bookmarks, instead of having to keep track > of which things are on top of the stack. > > I think the first one probably has to be fixed before we a release > could contain this feature. (The second one seems important, but not > as much as the first.) > > Robby > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Stephen Chang <stch...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> When using Dr Racket, I use the right-click "Jump to definition of" a >> lot but I frequently find that I also want an easy way to get back to >> the code I was previously looking at. Does anyone else think this >> would be a useful feature to have? I've implemented something that >> adds this functionality. >> >> If anyone wants to try it out, I've included both modified source >> files (from drracket/private) and a patch. >> >> With the code I added, a "bookmark" automatically gets saved when >> jumping to a definition from the right-click menu and when choosing a >> definition from the "(define ...)" menu. Multiple bookmarks accumulate >> on a stack. You can also add your own bookmarks with the right click >> menu. >> >> To go back to the most recent bookmark, either use the right-click >> menu, or press C-x r (is this an appropriate key binding? I chose it >> because emacs similarly uses C-x r to do bookmark-related stuff). >> >> Since I'm not very familiar with drracket code, I'm not sure I put >> stuff in the right place. Would anyone mind reviewing my code? It's >> only a few lines. >> >> Also, would something like this be better as a plugin in the future? >> >> _________________________ >> Racket Developers list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev >> _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
