Zeus IDE

Ok, I guess it is my day to be stupid.
I cannot figure out how to set a bookmark. I looked at all the drop-down menus, but cannot find a button or key command for this. I looked at the help file but it did not elaborate.

The help file has ten redundant entries that say things like:
"BookMarkDrop0
Save the current line number against bookmark number 0."

But how do I do a BookMarkDrop ? My help file never does say that.

Any clues? Or am I just tooo blind to see the obivious?

Thanks.

---- Steve

Hi Banjo,

The Zeus bookmarks are modelled on the original Brief editor bookmarking model. This is a fairly simple model that allows up to 10 bookmarks per file.

The BookMarkDrop0, BookMarkDrop1, BookMarkDrop2 etc functions are used to place the bookmark and the BookMarkGoto function is used to navigate to the bookmark.

So for example if you are running the default Simple keyboard mapping then you can use the Alt+0, Alt+1, ... Alt+9 keys to place the bookmarks and then use the Edit, Goto Bookmarks menu to navigate the bookmarks.

Alternatively you can use the Zeus scripting features to provide extended bookmark functionality.

Cheers Jussi

Thanks for explaining this. I can now place Bookmarks, but they seem to be invisible. Once I put one down, I forget where it is and end up placing several bookmarks at about the same place!

Some other editors put little marks or flags in the margins. Is this possible with Zeus? Do I just have some option or color set wrong?

Thanks.

--- Steve

At present there is option in Zeus to make the bookmarks visible

But it should be possible to modify the macro script quoted earlier to also have an option to list the macros to a tool window. Provided the bookmark output contains a line number and a file name the tool window would not only list the bookmarks, the bookmarks should also be clickable

Cheers Jussi

jussij wrote:At present there is option in Zeus to make the bookmarks visible i

My two cents worth: Visible bookmarks should be at the top of the 'things to do list'.

As I start to get into my stride with Zues (used now for all new work on MonTel), bookmarks is the one feature I really miss from the old Borland IDE. It just so happened I was working on a TAPI interface this week which because of a threaded call back style function had to be really quite long, so this thread is rather timely. I kept having to move up and down adding variable to a growing structure, while hopping back to the current piece of code.

I should have included visible bookmarks in my list of minor issues... since it is about the only major thing I now look for as I move around in (especially the larger) files. It would make Zues a very complete IDE editor.

I would suggest a column like the column of '+' and '-' for code folding, probably to the left of the number, that shows little flags, or numbers, or whatever, and an option to highlight a bookmarked line in the Editor colour options.

I would use this feature much more than I would use code folding.

regards DM

I'd like to add my vote for visible bookmarks too.

Thank you,

-Andy

I too would like to see visible bookmarks please.
It would make life so much easier.

regards

Alan.

I too would like to see visible bookmarks please.

This feature is now in the latest version of Zeus

Cheers Jussi

Hi Jussi,
thats great news

I notice that the latest version is 3.96. I am currently running 3.95y, do I need a new licence jey for 3.96 to get the bookmark feature?

rgds

Alan

I am currently running 3.95y, do I need a new licence key for 3.96 to get the bookmark feature?

Yes.

Here are the upgrade details regarding the Zeus 3.96 release: http://www.zeusedit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1033

Cheers Jussi

that is sad, having to upgrade and more money to have this feature. Will stick with what I have now, 3.95y