On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Xavier de Gaye <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Ulf Magnusson wrote: >> >> Is there a way to make pyclewn automatically dereference pointer >> values when hovering them? Just getting the address itself often isn't >> very useful. >> > > > Hello Ulf, > > Evaluation in the vim balloon is done on expressions when they are > selected. So it is possible to dereference a pointer in some cases, > for example by selecting "* ptr" in the source code and hovering the > mouse over the selected area. Of course this assumes "* ptr" is > displayed in the current vim window. > > The gdb 'whatis' command prints the type of a variable. This should > provide a way to automatically dereference variables on balloon > evaluation. I am going to give it a try.
Thanks! I guess it could be made configurable as well (having options for the style of presentation for structs and arrays would be neat too). /Ulf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Pyclewn-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pyclewn-general
