Code minimap

[cdelahousse]

Imported issue by spratt from 2012-06-26T14:42:18Z
Originally opened as SteamedPears/CodeReviewClientMaster#7

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Sublime text has a "code minimap" at the left side of the screen which shows the code at a very high level. This is kind of gimicky, but if we highlight the lines with comments then it can help finding comments in large blocks of code.

[cdelahousse]

Imported comment by Gankro from 2012-07-15T05:20:30Z *

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The more I think about this, the less excited I am about it. However if we do this I demand a "comment/diff" heat map indicating activity.

[cdelahousse]

Imported comment by spratt from 2012-07-15T05:33:49Z *

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I really like the idea of being able to see at a glance and move directly to wherever there are comments in a big file. A comment/diff heatmap is a must.

[spratt]

Peter had the idea of vertical lines alongside the code indicating comments on the sections of the code next to the lines.

[bheesham]

Yeah, the minimap doesn't seem like such a good idea with the new proposal for the layout.
I do like the idea of the colour-coded lines.

But as someone brought up in the email, what about colour blind people? Unless we consider them an edge case we don't have to worry too much about.