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When testing a script in the try window it would be good to be able to select stepping from this window. It is easy to enter a script only to find stepping is not set.

graham wrote:When testing a script in the try window it would be good to be able to select stepping from this window. It is easy to enter a script only to find stepping is not set.

True, I hate this also. But one can always add ::step; in the first line and stepping starts.

Don't see a good way to handle this. Maybe always auto-enable step mode when going through try???

admin wrote:Don't see a good way to handle this. Maybe always auto-enable step mode when going through try???

or a checkbox inside try?

serendipity wrote:

admin wrote:Don't see a good way to handle this. Maybe always auto-enable step mode when going through try???

or a checkbox inside try?

A way, but not a good one IMO.

i prefer the checkbox.
you might want to paste or write a script in the try window and run it without stepping (i do it a lot).
besides, some scripts work when stepping is on, but not when it's off.

Checkbox sounds good to me, too.

The important thing being : is it the same as menu Scripting|Step Through Scripts, both as in it is the actual option, or just works the same but doesn't affect the option; or does it only means step through this script (i.e. not others from sub/load) ?

I can understand Don's hesitation, it means customizing this dialog instead of using the generic multi-line input. Maybe the OK button could have a right click menu, and add the keyboard shortcuts Shift+Enter/Shift+Ctrl+Enter to do Run with Stepping.

This should keep the dialog from really needing to be customized into its own.

TheQwerty wrote:I can understand Don's hesitation, it means customizing this dialog instead of using the generic multi-line input. Maybe the OK button could have a right click menu, and add the keyboard shortcuts Shift+Enter/Shift+Ctrl+Enter to do Run with Stepping.

This should keep the dialog from really needing to be customized into its own.

After a weekend's meditation ( ) I think the best way is to always auto-enable step mode (if not enabled anyway) when running scripts from try window (and restore previous state when done). If you don't like stepping simply press Ctrl+Enter in the first step dialog and no more stepping.

admin wrote:

TheQwerty wrote:I can understand Don's hesitation, it means customizing this dialog instead of using the generic multi-line input. Maybe the OK button could have a right click menu, and add the keyboard shortcuts Shift+Enter/Shift+Ctrl+Enter to do Run with Stepping.

This should keep the dialog from really needing to be customized into its own.

After a weekend's meditation ( ) I think the best way is to always auto-enable step mode (if not enabled anyway) when running scripts from try window (and restore previous state when done). If you don't like stepping simply press Ctrl+Enter in the first step dialog and no more stepping.

I like that solution.

Yes, so do I very elegant. Could you also make it so that the toolbar button changes colour as a visual indicator that stepping is on.

graham wrote:Yes, so do I very elegant. Could you also make it so that the toolbar button changes colour as a visual indicator that stepping is on.

Sure, already done!