Some seer features

[mcnuggetsx20]

I might be doing something wrong, but I'm missing a few features:

1. Is there a restart button? Right now I can't see any other way to rerun my program other then terminate -> ok -> restart. I feel like a single button that does that quickly would be much more convenient. Also that restart action should also be triggerable by a bind.
2. Is there a way to make seer automatically refresh my source file without the need for me to press ctrl+r?
3. Can I make it so that the watch window doesn't reset after termination? I'd like to have an option to make the watch window (and possibly others) persistent across runs.
4. Also a small thing that is the run to cursor keybind. Seer already supports this action so why not give it a keybind?

Again, I might be missing something, but if it is actually true that Seer does not have these features, then I would love to see them in a future release!

[epasveer]

First, thanks for trying Seer.

I'll answer your questions/comments as individual comments below.

[epasveer]

4. Also a small thing that is the run to cursor keybind. Seer already supports this action so why not give it a keybind?

I've generally waited for people to ask for shortcut keys. I don't have any direct way of knowing what people want, so I wait for them to comment 😄

I'll add one for "run to cursor". VSCode uses Ctrl+F10. So I'll likely use that as a default. But I'll make it changeable in Seer's config page.

[mcnuggetsx20]

This sounds good. It'll be great if you implement this.

[epasveer]

See new issue #420.

[epasveer]

I'm going to merge #420 into main. The default hotkey is F9.

[epasveer]

1. Is there a restart button?

Originally that was how Seer was programmed. A couple people asked for the current method.

I could re-add it as a shortcut. It would appear in the Control menu. Maybe as Restart button on the menu bar along side Terminate.

Thoughts?

[epasveer]

See new Issue #421

[epasveer]

Hi @mcnuggetsx20

I've worked on this task. Is it okay if there's an Ok/Cancel button after hitting Alt+R for confirmation? Or do you want no confirmation?

Note, with the Ok/Cancel confirmation, the workflow is: Alt+R then spacebar. As the Ok/Cancel defaults to Ok.

[mcnuggetsx20]

@epasveer I think that would work just fine, though I would prefer a keybind like that to cause its effects immediately without a confirmation and keep the clickable button as the safer and more user friendly option.
Maybe you could compromise and add a setting that disables confirmations? And then leave them on by default. Another option would be a "Do not show again" checkbox.

[epasveer]

Another option would be a "Do not show again" checkbox.

Sure. I'll look into this.

[epasveer]

Another option would be a "Do not show again" checkbox.

I like this idea. I've added it. I'll merge #421 into the mainline shortly so it can be tried.

[epasveer]

2. Is there a way to make seer automatically refresh my source file without the need for me to press ctrl+r?

Let me test this.

[mcnuggetsx20]

Now that I think about it, I got another idea. Maybe in the setting that makes the file refresh automatic, there should be some sort of a message telling me the file was changed? In my mind it wouldn't be too obtrusive but I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

[epasveer]

I think I can make it refresh automatically with a message somewhere (without having to click "OK").

[epasveer]

See new Issue #419

[epasveer]

I'm going to merge #419 into main. With the new option, it will briefly show a message (in the same style) and reload the file automatically. The message disappears on its own.

[epasveer]

3. Can I make it so that the watch window doesn't reset after termination? I'd like to have an option to make the watch window (and possibly others) persistent across runs.

Some things may not persist. As a restart may change addresses of the variable you're watching. I'll do some tests.

[epasveer]

@mcnuggetsx20

Just to confirm...

watch window

You're talking about the "Tracker" tab? or the "Watchpoints" tab?

Thanks.

[mcnuggetsx20]

You're talking about the "Tracker" tab? or the "Watchpoints" tab?

I meant the "Tracker" tab.

[epasveer]

ty

[epasveer]

Created a new task #429

[epasveer]

Easier than I thought. All fixed up. See #429

I'll merge this into main now.

[epasveer]

For the things that are do-able, I'll make individual Issues for them. I'll wait for your replies.

[epasveer]

@mcnuggetsx20

This should cover your 4 points. Things are all in main. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

[mcnuggetsx20]

@epasveer
I apologize for the two week silence here. I was sort of busy with other stuff and didn't really have time to test the changes you made until today. And everything I tested today works exactly as I expected it to and I think you did a hell of a job!. Thank you so much.
If I ever have any more feature ideas for seer I will obviously share them with you again.
Thank you!

[epasveer]

@mcnuggetsx20

No worries. Thanks for getting back to me and thanks for the compliments!

Yes, please share any new ideas.

Cheers.