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Roedy Green - 21 Jul 2005 10:58 GMT

I would really like it if as I moved about he source say using find,
or just scrolling, that I always knew here I was, project, package,
class, method, line number in method, or I would like it if I could
with a click find out where I am.

I am often working with very repetitive code that all looks quite
similar. You can't tell just by looking at the code where you are.

I expected "show in navigator" would do this for me, but it does not.
It is available some way. Several times I caught myself modifying code
in the wrong method.

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IchBin - 21 Jul 2005 12:39 GMT

> I would really like it if as I moved about he source say using find,
> or just scrolling, that I always knew here I was, project, package,
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> It is available some way. Several times I caught myself modifying code
> in the wrong method.

I think the 'Java Browsing' perspective is the closest you will get.

This perspective looks like the one from IBM's VisualAge for Java from 4
or 5 years ago when I work with that IDE..

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Roland - 21 Jul 2005 13:45 GMT

> I would really like it if as I moved about he source say using find,
> or just scrolling, that I always knew here I was, project, package,
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> I am often working with very repetitive code that all looks quite
> similar. You can't tell just by looking at the code where you are.

Too much repetitive code might indicate that there's something wrong
with your implementation.

> I expected "show in navigator" would do this for me, but it does not.
> It is available some way. Several times I caught myself modifying code
> in the wrong method.

Assuming that you are still referring to Eclipse, then "Link with
editor" in both the 'Package Explorer' and the 'Outline' views might help.

If you have opened several (unrelated) projects, you can reduce there
number by creating/selecting a Working Set in the Package Explorer.

A third option might be to create a seperate workspace for each set of
(tightly related) projects.

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Roedy Green - 21 Jul 2005 20:39 GMT

>Too much repetitive code might indicate that there's something wrong
>with your implementation.

I don't think so in this case. I don't mean duplicated code, just
similar-looking code, implementations of the same abstract classes in
each enumeration constant.

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