Lazarus IDE refactoring
lazarus / 9-Editor

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jlinux · 2024-02-15 22:57

Does this feature not exist?
This feature is very useful and is used in many IDE's and I am
surprised that it is not available in Lazarus.
It's probably such a trivial situation that it isn't even mentioned
and I'm the one who can't find it.
I Googled for this and found nothing but vague stuff.
For example, replacing something as simple as the name of a variable
in all files that are part of the project.

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Martin_fr · 2024-02-15 23:08

Quote from: jlinux on February 15, 2024, 11:57:14 pmDoes this feature
not exist?

Which of them? There are hundreds, maybe thousands of refactoring
methods. E.g. "rename variable" is a refactoring
https://refactoring.com/catalog/renameVariable.html

In Lazarus you can find some of them in the menu "Source", or in the
context menu of the source editor. Both have a submenu called
"Refactoring"

There are however many other feature of the IDE that also can be used
for refactoring.

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jlinux · 2024-02-15 23:42

Gosh... I can't believe it didn't occur to me to look there.
tvm

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JuhaManninen · 2024-02-16 16:31

Quote from: jlinux on February 15, 2024, 11:57:14 pmFor example,
replacing something as simple as the name of a variable in all files
that are part of the project.
That can be done with a shortcut F2 when your editor cursor is on the
variable name.

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Bart · 2024-02-16 16:59

Quote from: JuhaManninen on February 16, 2024, 05:31:05 pmThat can be
done with a shortcut F2 when your editor cursor is on the variable
name.

OK, didn't know that F2 also worked for that.
Have used Ctrl+Shigt+E for that feature ever since that feature
existed (and I use Lazarus)......

Bart

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dsiders · 2024-02-16 18:38

Quote from: Bart on February 16, 2024, 05:59:58 pmQuote from:
JuhaManninen on February 16, 2024, 05:31:05 pmThat can be done with a
shortcut F2 when your editor cursor is on the variable name.

OK, didn't know that F2 also worked for that.
Have used Ctrl+Shigt+E for that feature ever since that feature
existed (and I use Lazarus)......

Bart

Interesting. I didn't know about Ctrl+Shift+E.

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Thaddy · 2024-02-16 19:24

That comes from Delphi. Since D2005.

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dsiders · 2024-02-16 21:14

Quote from: Thaddy on February 16, 2024, 08:24:03 pmThat comes from
Delphi. Since D2005.

That's also about the last time I touched a copy of Delphi.
Coincidence?