Comments on: Programming with Large Fonts

By: Tomas Restrepo

Tomas Restrepo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:58:03 +0000

mattflo: Yes, I use regions and folding, as well as searching (the wonder’s of viemu’s "/"). I don’t like large classes and methods, either; just run sometimes into code files with lots of stuff

By: mattflo

mattflo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:51:48 +0000

For those long source code files made up of multiple small classes or methods, have you tried using context menu – outline – collapse to definition? You can use the default keyboard shortcut CTRL+M, CTRL+O or you can bind it to something more convenient (read one-handed). I use ALT+1. First thing I do when I open most code files is ALT+1. You can then use regions to hide away larger blocks of tedium where it makes sense. I like using collapse to definition better than the method browser drop down because I can use my spacial memory of the class to quickly navigate through the noise to that one method i need to touch.
I must caveat, I am not a proponent of poor cohesion bloating classes.

By: Tomas Restrepo

Tomas Restrepo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:15:48 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion Kevin; I might give that a try as well…

By: Kevin Dente

Kevin Dente — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:10:46 +0000

If you’re not already using it, I highly recommend the NoSquint Firefox extension. It remembers text size settings per-site. The Stylish extension can also be handy for more advanced tweaking (I use it for Google Reader).