If it an unordered list of lines that were bookmarked, then I'd use highlight-range to turn the background of those lines some color.
If it is a stack, that's harder, as you'd want to include some graphical manifestation of the ordering. (But I think the lack of order is better.) On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Stephen Chang <stch...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> - 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
