EnhProj macro for SlickEdit 2008

Compatibility

This macro uses a DLL, so it only works on Windows computers.

Also, it has only been tested with SlickEdit 13.0.2. It may or may not work with older versions of SlickEdit (older versions are not supported).

Installation

1. Extract the files from the .ZIP archive.
2. Copy EnhProj.dll to your SlickEdit "win" directory (e.g. "c:\slick\win").
3. Copy EnhProj.e to your custom macro directory (or your config directory).
4. Open the EnhProj.e file in SlickEdit.
5. Load the module by choosing Macro | Load Module... from the menu.
6. Set up a key binding to invoke the enhOpen command (I use Ctrl+O).

Features

• The file list is automatically filtered as you type.
• Use the tabs to list Workspace files, Project files, or Any files from the file system (i.e. starting from the current working directory).
• Press Enter to open the file highlighted in the list. If no file is highlighted in the list then the file is opened from the file system, relative to the current working directory.

Configuration

There are some configuration variables that control optional behavior. Configuration variables can be set by typing "set-var config_var_name" at the SlickEdit command prompt. At this time EnhProj does not have UI for setting options.

• enhproj_ofd_which_list — Which tab to initially activate in a new editor session. (-1 = remember across editor sessions, 0 = the Any tab, 1 = the Project tab, 2 = the Workspace tab).
• enhproj_ofd_sort_by_path — Set this to 1 to sort the list by path. By default the list is sorted by filename.
• enhproj_ofd_case_sensitive — Set this to 1 to make the list case sensitive. By default the list is case insensitive.
• enhproj_ofd_always_substring — Set this to 1 to always use substring matches. By default the path portion uses a suffix match and the filename portion uses a prefix match (to use a substring match just insert a star (*) wildcard, e.g. "bar*\*foo").

How To Filter The File List

Typing filters the list.

• Type a filename prefix to filter the list.
• Type a path\filename prefix to filter by path as well as filename. The path portion uses a suffix match, and the filename portion uses a prefix match.
• Use * and ? wildcards to filter path or filename using wildcards.
• Type "*foo" to filter the list to files containing "foo" somewhere in their name.

Examples:

• Type "foo" to see files that begin with "foo".
• Type "*foo" to see files with "foo" in their name.
• Type "bar\foo" to see files that begin with "foo" in the "bar" directory (or any directory that ends with "bar").
• Type "bar*\*foo" to see files with "foo" in their names in any directories with "bar" in their names.

Known Issues

• For some reason enhproj_ofd_remembered_list is not always remembered across sessions. So setting enhproj_ofd_which_list = -1 does not reliably remember the selected tab between editor sessions.

Future Enhancements

• Maybe hook up UI for choosing options.
• Maybe add autocompletion keys for the "Any" tab (similar to using Tab to cycle through matching filenames at a command shell prompt).
• Maybe an option to merge the "Any" tab results into the "Project" and "Workspace" tabs for convenience.