tasks ignored - pin window ingnored

[marc]

Hello,
I am unable to use 2 features in CFEclipse:

1) Tasks feature of CFEclipse. In a cfc file i add a task like this:

<!--- TODO: Update this method --->

With the empty task window opened, nothing changes - no line with this
task gets added. The task window was empty and stays that way. Saving
the file and closing and reopening makes no difference. Closing the
task window and reopening gives an empty task window. Is this feature
not supported in CFEclipse?

When I search globally using Ctrl-H I get a window with search results
to the left of my editor. Whenever I doubleclick a search result in
the search result tree the search window closes. Also clicking in the
editor makes the search result window disappear. I have to click the
search result window icon in the right window border to make the
results appear again. There is a "Pin the search view" icon in the top-
right corner of the search results window but clicking this (it looks
indented) has no effect. Is this feature not supported in CFEclipse?

I hear CFEclipse is a powerful editor so I would be thrilled to be
able using these features.

I am grateful for any help!

Marc

I have this setup:
Eclipse Version: 3.5.1
CFEclipse plugin 1.3.4
Win XP SP3

[Jeff Borisch]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM, marc <marc.at...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am unable to use 2 features in CFEclipse:
>
> 1) Tasks feature of CFEclipse. In a cfc file i add a task like this:
>
> <!--- TODO: Update this method --->

Hi Marc,

I don't know the answer but I was curious to find out more about these
comment keywords. I HATE it when one of my eclipse installs that
should be the same as my other ones seems to have features that don't
work for some baffling reason. It make me wonder what cool features
I'm missing because they just aren't working for me :/

I tried TODO with and without the colon (since I always use without)
and TODO tasks show up fine for me both ways.

Under the menu Window>Preferences there are some sections that allow
you to customize different task "IDs" like TODO and FIXME but not one
for the CFEclipse editor. So it's seems like it's not too promising
to look there.

Also in the preferences window, you can go to
General>Editors>Structured text editors/Task Tags. For me the default
is to have these turned off with the checkbox "Enable Searching for
Task Tags" and TODO tasks work fine for me in CFEclipse. Out of
curiosity, I turned it on and got multiple instances of the same task
appearing in the tasks view. You cuold try turning that on and se what
happens.

What looked most promising however was in the Tasks view itself.

When you have the tasks view activated look under its options menu.
It's that little downward pointing triangle in the upper right of the
panel.

Choose the Configure Contents... menu option. The dialog is too
complicated to explain all the things that could cause your tasks to
not be showing up, but if you poke around in there you might find the
reason why they aren't

>
> With the empty task window opened, nothing changes - no line with this
> task gets added. The task window was empty and stays that way. Saving
> the file and closing and reopening makes no difference. Closing the
> task window and reopening gives an empty task window. Is this feature
> not supported in CFEclipse?



> When I search globally using Ctrl-H I get a window with search results
> to the left of my editor. Whenever I doubleclick a search result in
> the search result tree the search window closes. Also clicking in the
> editor makes the search result window disappear. I have to click the
> search result window icon in the right window border to make the
> results appear again. There is a "Pin the search view" icon in the top-
> right corner of the search results window but clicking this (it looks
> indented) has no effect. Is this feature not supported in CFEclipse?

This sounds like you have the search view in a group of minimized tabs.

Look in the right window border where you click the icon to expand the
search results.

There is a little icon that looks like two overlapped windows. If you
click it that will make that tab group persistent so that they don't
disappear when the view loses selection focus.

I think that will do what you are trying to do.


Best,
Jeffrey

[marc]

Hi Jeff,

> a little icon that looks like two overlapped windows.

That worked for me. The Tasks needs some more fiddling, still doesn't
show. Thanks for the elaborate answer and pointing out the options
though!

Marc

On Nov 13, 5:57 pm, Jeff Borisch <jeff.bori...@gmail.com> wrote: