Add line modification indicator as in Kate

Bug #1198709 reported by Gabriel_P
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Scratch
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Kate has a very useful feature called 'Line Modification System': http://kate-editor.org/2011/09/06/line-modification-system/

It'd be great if this could be added to Scratch.

Tags: plugin
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Gabriel_P (gabp) wrote :

To make it even more useful a way to navigate through modified saved/unsaved lines could be added, such as a keyboard shortcut or perhaps as an option in the 'Search' menu.

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swizzle (el-ferreira-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I'm glad that you've reported this bug report. However when i take a look at kate's line feature.
I don't think that it is that necessary. Scratch puts a "*" in the tab as soon as you modify the source code of your document.
Check it out.

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Gabriel_P (gabp) wrote :

I don't see the *, perhaps a 2.1 feature (I'm using 2.0)? In any case that is a very different feature you're talking about. If I understand correctly, the * only tells me something inside the file has been modified in this session. I still have no idea what it was. With big files or files a user keeps open for a long time while making modifications, this is a big issuesp eciallyly given Scratch's instant save. Say I made a small change and now I need to undo it but I don't remember which line I modified (quite possible with large code files that repeat similar lines throughout it) The only option would be to hit Ctrl+Z and undo every change in the middle until I hit that one.

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Mario Guerriero (mefrio-g) wrote :

something more specific like Kate does could be implemented through a plugin.

tags: added: plugin
Changed in scratch:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
milestone: none → 2.1
Changed in scratch:
milestone: 2.0.1 → 2.1
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in scratch:
milestone: isis-beta1 → feature-future
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