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Adequat
Tomato Guru

182 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2020 : 03:00:48 AM

I use VA Hashtag a lot but miss the following feature:
when a given Hashtag is used in several places, generally one is a "reference point" among all others, hence I wish it could be highlighted as such in both the Hashtag list and in the goto menu.

An example: let's say there is a long code comment to explain some system. I wish various parts of the code to be able to jump easily to that reference comment.

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
18751 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2020 : 10:34:42 AM

Are you aware of cross references for Hashtags? In this situation I would mark the main reference with a cross reference saying "main", so for example:

// main:#ExampleCrossReference
void functionHoldingManySections()
{
	// Alt-Shift-G on the hashtag here lists "references" and "cross-references" as sub-menus of hashtags
	// #ExampleCrossReference

	// #ExampleCrossReference

	// #ExampleCrossReference
}

this makes sure that it gets listed separately, so you can easily identify it, and jump to it from any of the other instances of the hashtag.

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

Adequat
Tomato Guru

182 Posts

Posted - Aug 14 2020 : 2:05:26 PM

Thanks, I was not aware of this (https://docs.wholetomato.com/default.asp?W574#cross)
Not 100% what I imagined but probably good enough.