Suggestions: Constants and a Debugger window for variables

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fuzzylogic
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Suggestions: Constants and a Debugger window for variables

Post by fuzzylogic »

It works pretty well to hover your mouse over a variable and be able to see it. Would it be possible to extend this to some additional functionality?

1) I'd like to be able to adjust the sensitivity of the mouse over delay, I frequently find myself trying to coax it into displaying the info I want.

2) Sometimes the info tip does not go away. for instance when you switch to another window and back, the tip can get stuck being visible. It would be nice if it faded out after n seconds if the mouse is no longer hovering over the var; instead of requiring a mouse click to close it.

3) It would be really great to be able to see the value of defined constants.

4) Many debuggers have a separate window that shows all the vars, with separate tabs for local context and global context. I would really love to have something like this.

5) It would be great to provide some means for changing the value of a variable on the fly.

6) It would also be helpful to have an immediate window for when you want to make a quick syntax check etc. even better if that immediate window ran in the programs context, but it would still be useful even if it is not in the programs context. And for bonus points if it is possible to have it in the programs context how about allowing the scope to be chosen such that it could either be inside the current functions scope or global.

7) I also find myself often wanting to be able to do a copy to clipboard of the contents of a variable. Perhaps something clever could be done to implement this?


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bfrei
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Re: Suggestions: Constants and a Debugger window for variables

Post by bfrei »

+1, especially 3) to 7)

Thanks :)
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Re: Suggestions: Constants and a Debugger window for variables

Post by syrupcore »

those are all really really cool ideas. Boat ton of time to actually implement but I haven't seen that many good ideas in one post on here since, well, forever. :)
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