[Lazarus] IDE flaws

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Martin schrieb:

> Your case *sounds* as if (I have not tested it) the file is opened a 2nd 
> time, and the IDE treats it as 2 different files.

Right, I noticed that only after your hint. My bad :-(


> The display disabled menu entry, instead of display none makes sense.
> 
> Jumping to the same source, in an other window, is an interesting 
> feature, but should not be unde "move/clone" menu, (imho it would lead 
> to confusion there).
> There could be a sub menu "find in other window"; though that leads to 
> more menu entries in the main popup, and the popup is already very big.

IMO a modification to the menu titles would be sufficient. Instead of 
definite "Clone to..." a "Show clone in..." could serve both purposes: 
Create a new clone only if none already exists in the target window.


> I think the maximum of open files (not tabs, but unique files) I have 
> ended up with so far, would be around 40.
> The maximum number of source windows I ever used would be around 9

Wow, now I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one, who uses multiple 
editors and many open files at the same time :-)

DoDi