Refactoring browser

> I don't know neither what Gwenaël's master dissertation is about  
> nor what the effort would be, but I think that having a browser  
> that can show you the changes a refactoring will perform before  
> committing plus having the ability to select which of these changes  
> apply or not would be really nice to have.
> I've been working in the refactoring engine for my dissertation too  
> (trait aware refactorings).
> I also worked in the refactoring browser until I discovered the  
> omnibrowser in the dev image which is far more better than the former.
> On my way I fixed (or at least I made them pass) several failing  
> tests. Also, other tests required user input during the running and  
> I improved them so they can run silently. May be many of them were  
> already fixed by this moment.
> I have all of this in my image but I'm interested on joining the  
> team responsible for this tool (if any)....how can I contribute  
> with my two cents?
> Alejandro
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> On 10/12/07, Damien Cassou <[hidden email] > wrote:Please  
> commit directly to the main repository.
>
> 2007/10/12, Gwenaël Casaccio < [hidden email]>:
> > Thanks, at this time I try to correct the different problems on the
> > refactoring browser unit tests.
> >
> > 2007/10/11, Damien Cassou < [hidden email]>:
> > > Hi Gwenaël,
> > >
> > > the project you are interested in is hosted on SqueakSource:
> > > http://www.squeaksource.com/RefactoringEngine.
> > >
> > > I think that the main target for this project is to clean the  
> code and
> > > make the tests run.
> > >
> > > 2007/10/11, Gwenaël Casaccio < [hidden email]>:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > For my master dissertation I'll work on the refactoring  
> tools. Do you have
> > > > any suggestions to improve the refactoring browser and to add  
> better
> > > > refactorings ?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > Gwenael Casaccio
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Damien Cassou
> > >
> > >
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> --
> Damien Cassou
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> 2007/10/11, Gwenaël Casaccio <[hidden email]>:
>> Hi
>>
>> For my master dissertation I'll work on the refactoring tools. Do  
>> you have
>> any suggestions to improve the refactoring browser and to add better
>> refactorings ?
>
> Kepp the formatting of methods.
>
> Cheers
> Philippe
>

> True, unless the code was formatted with the RB Formatter in the  
> first place.
>
> I tweaked my image so that Alt+Shift+S RB formats and incorporated it
> into my "save gesture".  Therefore, as more of my code becomes
> formatted per the RB Formatter, the diffs are true.  I tweaked the RB
> Formatter to format in Rectangular Block recommended by Kent Beck.
>
> What's even MORE inconvenient is the way, starting in the 3.9 image,
> RB Formatter now strips (some) comments out of your code.  Not a very
> good thing to do, given the seeming high-advocacy for commenting code
> in this community; our own tools are working against us in this
> matter!
>
> I fixed at least a couple of comment-stripping plague from the various
> RbNodes but there is still at least one more.  :(
>
>
> On 10/15/07, Damien Cassou <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> 2007/10/12, Philippe Marschall <[hidden email]>:
>>> 2007/10/11, Gwenaël Casaccio <[hidden email]>:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> For my master dissertation I'll work on the refactoring tools.  
>>>> Do you have
>>>> any suggestions to improve the refactoring browser and to add  
>>>> better
>>>> refactorings ?
>>>
>>> Kepp the formatting of methods.
>>
>> This behavior is really inconvenient. When you have a method and you
>> operate a refactoring on it, the indentation and formatting is
>> completely changed, making the diff unreadable.
>>
>> --
>> Damien Cassou
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