Possible to click on a MACRO and jump to its definition?
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I’d like to know if NotePad++ is able to be set as other programming editor, i.e. can I click (or other keyboard or mouse combination) over a macro or a variable and jump directly to its definition?
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You mean like from the Macro menu, maybe ctrl+click an entry and it will open/switchto shortcuts.xml and go right to the start of the macro definition in that file? Currently not possible, but I applaud your creative thinking. :)
Or did you mean something totally different? In which case the applause is somewhat muted…
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@Paolo-Santini104 said:
click over a macro or a variable and jump directly to its definition?
If you’re talking about clicking on an instance of a function (say, in a C source file) and going to that function’s definition in the same file … not directly. However, if you put your cursor on the function name and do
Ctrl+F
, it will populate the search box with that function name. Or if you use the View > Function List feature, you can use the Function List sub-window as a “Table of Contents”, to allow you to quickly get to the right function definition.If you want to be in source_file.1 and find the definition in any of source_file.2 … source_file.###: unfortunately the Function List (to my knowledge) doesn’t allow you to cross file boundaries.
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I think I was off-base in my interpretation…but I like the idea it generated! :)
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@PeterJones said:
@Paolo-Santini104 said:
If you want to be in source_file.1 and find the definition in any of source_file.2 … source_file.###: unfortunately the Function List (to my knowledge) doesn’t allow you to cross file boundaries.
Exactly this !!! Very useful where set. I use it in QtCreator and it makes easy my work.
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@PeterJones said:
If you want to be in source_file.1 and find the definition in any of source_file.2
One could do Find in Files or Find All in All Opened Documents for this…but isn’t this handled better by one of the “tagging” plugins (which I don’t use)?
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@Alan-Kilborn said:
@PeterJones said:
If you want to be in source_file.1 and find the definition in any of source_file.2
One could do Find in Files or Find All in All Opened Documents for this…but isn’t this handled better by one of the “tagging” plugins (which I don’t use)?
It’s the only solution (at the moment…)