Closed Bug 1190587 Opened 9 years ago Closed 3 years ago

Syntax search: find by comments, strings, keywords, etc.

Categories

(Webtools Graveyard :: DXR, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(firefox42 affected)

RESOLVED WONTFIX
Tracking Status
firefox42 --- affected

People

(Reporter: new_one, Unassigned)

Details

Feature proposal: we can piggy-back on the syntax highlighter's lexing work and offer a search by syntax, implemented as a search by color. Description from Whistler session: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pelmers/log/master/static/search-by-color.wav

List of the syntax elements currently identified: https://github.com/mozilla/dxr/blob/master/dxr/static/css/code-style.css
I have suggested an in-progress implementation at https://github.com/mozilla/dxr/pull/463.
RFC.

DXR is no longer available. Searchfox is now replacing it.
See meta bug 1669906 & https://groups.google.com/g/mozilla.dev.platform/c/jDRjrq3l-CY for more details.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Product: Webtools → Webtools Graveyard
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