The gray bar to the left of the code is just begging for some line numbers. How feasible is this, and could we expect it in a near update?
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 May 23 2009, 7:20 pm
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I know this has been asked a few times, but I wanted to throw in a "bump".
The gray bar to the left of the code is just begging for some line numbers. How feasible is this, and could we expect it in a near update? | |
Pirion wrote:
The goto line feature really isn't much of a substitute... Why not? It provides the same basic usage that having numbers written on the side of the page would. If for some reason you want to know what every single line's number is; just copy and paste your code into some C++ compiler or something. | |
Falacy wrote:
Pirion wrote: Not really. It doesn't really provide any useful information. Using Goto Line for anything besides going to a specific line is like trying to use the Library Card Catalog system as a dictionary. Line numbers can be conveniently used for things like: -Quickly finding out how many lines are in a file -Finding out what line you are writing on at a glance -Comparing line numbers to see how many lines you've recently written That's all I can think of at the moment. I didn't say that I thought it would be extremely useful to everyone, but it would be very convenient and I, personally, would use it all the time. If for some reason you want to know what every single line's number is; just copy and paste your code into some C++ compiler or something. Because that would be convenient. | |
Pressing ctrl+g for the goto menu will show you what line you're currently on, which aside from having to take that 1 extra step, is just as easy as glancing over.
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Airjoe wrote:
I know this has been asked a few times, but I wanted to throw in a "bump". It'd be nice to get a response on this or any of my other feature requests. Like this. Or this. Or maybe an update on this. How about this? Or this one? | |
Airjoe wrote:
Excellent, somehow I missed this one. Thanks. There's also an example of fetching that data in the reference for savefile if you're interested. | |
Falacy wrote:
Pressing ctrl+g for the goto menu will show you what line you're currently on, which aside from having to take that 1 extra step, is just as easy as glancing over. Bump, again. That one extra step makes me have to move my wrist and half of my arm, directing two fingers, while thinking about what I actually have to press, not to mention closing the new window that has popped up. This is a significant amount of work over just glancing over. </nitpick> | |
What do you know, it really IS begging.