I really like this idea, Jon, so i've started working on a plugin for it. I've made a preview version available at:
http://www.intellij.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WorkspacesPlugin (i've also posted an announcement to the jetbrains.intellij.plugins newsgroup) enjoy! chris --------- "Jon Steelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message aliun8$hev$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:aliun8$hev$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I've had the same problem and requested a different solution-- before > the Tracker was in place so I don't have a request reflecting this. I > wanted something akin to multiple workspaces within a project which is > not much more than a set of open files. In your case, I'd open a > workspace for the special request, then flip back to my original > workspace after the request is over. One advantage is that I could keep > the temporary workspace available for a time before discarding it inc > case a follow up call came in. The one other thing I'd like for the > workspace is the ability to restrict a search to just the files open in > a particular workspace. > > Jon > > Chris Bartley wrote: > > I noticed there's a request (#3564) to be able to lock editor tabs to > > prevent them from being auto-closed when the tab limit is reached. > > > > I have the tab limit set pretty high (40), so I don't really ever encouter > > that particular problem, but i wondered if other people find themselves in > > the following situation... > > > > I'll be happily working along on a few files, and then someone will call and > > i'll hafta open about 10 other files to answer their question. When i'm > > done, i end up with a huge clutter of open files. Sometimes i wish i could > > just hit a single keystroke that would close all the crap i'm not interested > > in. That is, if i could lock the files i'm interested in before i open > > others, i could later just hit some sorta Close All Unlocked files keystroke > > and quickly return back to what i was doing. > > > > I considered adding this as a comment to #3564, but didn't since it was only > > partially related. Plus, i wanted to see whether others might think it > > useful first. Maybe i should just suck it up and deal with it. Or maybe i > > should just stop answering the phone ;-) > > > > I'm on the fence as to whether I should even request it. Right now, for me > > it's one of those "yeah, it'd be nice to have, but only if the JetBrains > > folks find they have absolutely nothing better to do but stare at the wall > > and drool" kinda features. > > > > Thoughts or flames? > > > > thanks, > > > > chris > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
