Version 9 Feedback, Question, Suggestion

[herzig]

Hi,

Congratulations to PL/SQL Developer 9! I didn't spent much time on new features, but there are some questions or suggestions, maybe I just didn't get it.

After one day at work I usually end up with multiple instances of PLSD, each one filled with several new or loaded files. Maybe "multiple connections" feature will change that a little, but now there is the "new instance" feature right on the screen, which will probably have the opposite effect again.

- The recent file list only reflects a little part of all this files, depending on order of creating and closing new instances. Why not share this list over all instances?
- Why not spent a few more bytes for a larger recent file list?
- The above scenario only comes in play, if I actually save a file. Well, in case of crash, I get all files back with the great recovery feature! But do I realy have to forcefully crash my PLSD instance to get all my files recovered/reopened next time? (Well I must admit, sometimes I realy do - everyone knows this smart reboot features of the OS manufacturer used after "Patch Day")
- Given new "name tab" tag, is there a similar "name window" tag feature?
- Why not use something like this tags for auto/on demand save all windows?
- Or even better generate or add window to named project?

Ok, we are never satisfied! ;-)
But yesterday, it come to my mind, that maybe there are a lot of features in PLSD, I simply didn't discover..

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added this to the list of enhancement requests. 2 remarks:

1. You can use the desktop= command-line parameter to restore the desktop configuration. For example:

"C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer\plsqldev.exe" desktop=dev

Now PL/SQL Developer will store/load the desktop configuration under the given name ("dev"). You can use multiple shortcuts with different desktop names, and a shortcut without this parameter to omit loading and storing a desktop configuration.

2. You can rename a window from the Window List. Right-click on the Window List item and select "Rename".

 

[herzig]

Thanks marco,

desktop naming this is a good help, if the job is known, developing, testing ... But that's different in case of support, etc.
Window naming could be a visual help, if many windows are opened, but it's not used when saving it and it's not restored on load again. Could be useful to combine with window name tag.

regards, jo