Icon border broken with KDE 4.6.0?

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 06.03.11 17:18:23, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Sunday, March 06, 2011 17:09:12 Alexander Shaduri wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 Mar 2011 16:35:44 +0300
> > Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > > On Sunday, March 06, 2011 15:15:18 Alexander Shaduri wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure whether this is a KDE or KDevelop bug, so I thought
> > > > I'd send it here first, in case anyone else has the same problem.
> > > > 
> > > > After upgrading to KDE 4.6.0 (from 4.5.2 I think) the text editor's
> > > > icon border (the one that shows bookmarks and breakpoints)
> > > > suddenly stopped working properly. If previously it would toggle
> > > > a bookmark, now it always toggles a breakpoint.
> > > 
> > > This was an explicit change that I've made. Do you know any other IDE
> > > that does not set a breakpoint when the gutter is clicked?
> > 
> > KDevelop 3 comes to mind (I used it for years...).
> > Also, I use bookmarks a lot more than breakpoints, especially when browsing
> > code. And there's not much need for a breakpoint in a TODO file, for
> > example. If this is an intended change, please at least make it
> > configurable, so that the users can decide whether they want it or not.
> 
> This might be a good idea, though I'm not sure what I think about
> changing such basic behaviour per user.
> 
> > Another option would be to set breakpoints by default in Debug area,
> > but use bookmarks in the Code area.
> 
> Oh, I'm about 99% this will confuse the heck out of everybody. 
> 
> > > > Also, I think
> > > > there was a context menu there previously, but there's none now.
> > > > Note that the bookmarks are still toggled correctly in Kate.
> > > 
> > > That might not be a good idea.
> > 
> > I used it for setting breakpoints in the old days. I would still like it
> > for setting bookmarks even when debugging, since I use mouse for
> > browsing and bookmarking is a great way to quickly mark some places
> > you want to revisit.
> 
> Is Ctrl-B not an option for you?
> 
> > 
> > On a related note, I see that there's no shortcut for "Toggle breakpoint",
> > which is kinda weird.
> 
> Yeah, it seems like an omission (that nobody has complained about before, though).
> 
> I am not sure where to go from here, to be honest. Gone context menu seems like
> a bug, so filing it is good idea. I vaguely recall there were some technical
> quirks there. As for customization the behavior on left click, and "toggle breakpoint",
> I suppose filing a bug is also possible, but I'm not sure either of these will be
> done soonish.

The context menu actually allowed to change that already, so IMHO once
that is back there's no need for another customization option anywhere.
In fact the first thing _I_ always did in KDevelop is open the context
menu and change the default marker from Bookmark to Breakpoint :)

Andreas