GNU bug report logs - #66116
Idea to extend breadcrumb-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Johann Höchtl <johann.hoechtl <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

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From: Johann Höchtl <johann.hoechtl <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Idea to extend breadcrumb-mode
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:45:56 +0200

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Breadcrumb mode is a useful companion to imenu. The usability could be
increased if mouse click actions in the tabline would provide better
defaults:


   1. When clicking on the deepest displayed node (leaf), provide a search
   where to jump to (as it is now)
   2. When clicking on a non-leaf and this item is not a type bucket
   (method, typedef) but a concrete item, jump to that item, otherwise provide
   the search as in item 1


Especially point 2 would be helpful when navigating hierarchical structures
like the outline of a markdown or org file.

Best, Johann

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Johann Höchtl <johann.hoechtl <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 66116 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66116: Idea to extend breadcrumb-mode
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:22:42 +0100

Hello Johann,

Patches welcome for this, the current mouse click actions are
just fairly dumb placeholders for something better.  Your idea sounds
good, though I don't understand what you mean by "provide a search".
You can figure that out later.

Anyway I don't use the mouse much myself and don't have many resources
to implement this.  If you don't know much Elisp, this could be a good
opportunity to learn.  Else try to lobby someone on emacs-devel or some
other forum to help you with your idea.

João
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 30 Sep 2023 23:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) confirmed. Request was from Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 30 Sep 2023 23:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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