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Suggestion: sidebar - a core part of any IDE but is conspicuously missing from DrRacket.

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Description

Suggestion: sidebar - a core part of any IDE but is conspicuously missing from DrRacket.

  1. The (define ...) button which provides the overview functionality that is often in sidebars of other IDEs. I'd suggest that moving this to a sidebar is more familiar UI than the current popup
  2. filesystem view sidebar mode: There also is a plugin adds this to DrRACKET1: https://github.com/MatrixForChange/files-viewer
  3. package view sidebar mode- using info.rkt (#lang info) files as the source
  4. module browser is also relevant https://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket/module-browser.html

(taken from https://github.com/racket/rhombus-brainstorming/issues/96#issuecomment-517765865 )

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No repository file or test is named. Start by examining the current (define ...) popup, the linked files-viewer plugin, info.rkt package metadata, and the module browser documentation; done requires a decided sidebar scope covering the proposed views and an agreed implementation plan.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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