[patch] Switch opened files

Vladimir Prus ghost at cs.msu.su
Sun Oct 12 13:24:37 UTC 2008


On Sunday 12 October 2008 17:08:48 M Breugelmans wrote:
> Currently it is a pain to switch between opened files. I use the
> project wide quick-open all the time, which kind of defeats the idea
> behind tracking which files have been opened. Attached is a fix. It
> uses the quick open framework but limits items to open files.
> 
> When would you use this instead of project wide?
> 
> (a) the file you want to switch to does not belong to a project
> (b) name of the file temporarily slips your mind but you know it's opened
> (c) fewer keystrokes to get to the right file, especially true for
> partially or fully identical names (eg 'config')
> 
> Any objections against this? I don't think it's feature creep for the
> reasons mentioned above, plus it doesn't add any new UI which is good.
> More importantly quick-open scales extremely well.

Why don't we have a single command to switch to a file, with already opened
files shown at the top, and all files in the project below them? This way,
you don't have to remember if the file you need is opened or not.

- Volodya




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