June 2004 - Posts

YAI (yet another intro...)
29 June 04 04:35 PM | VSEditor | 5 Comments   

I'm David Pugh, a developer working on the editor/nav team. My passion (at least when it comes to work) is on making developers more effective. So, if you have a request for something you think would help you work more effectively, let me know. I'd love Read More...

Using Emacs or Brief Emulations in Whidbey
25 June 04 03:14 PM | VSEditor | 15 Comments   

In response to the large number of requests, the Editor team added Emacs and Brief emulations in Visual Studio 2005. These features are available in the Beta 1 but it is not obvious how to turn them on in the Beta. We are working on fixing this for Beta Read More...

How can the Editor improve?
24 June 04 11:14 PM | VSEditor | 19 Comments   

I just got an email from one of the readers of this blog wondering how to suggest new features for the Editor in future versions of Visual Studio. The easy answer to his question is to simply by responding to this post. If you have a great idea about Read More...

A Testers Hello
22 June 04 08:11 AM | VSEditor | 5 Comments   

My name is Eric Mazurkiewicz and I'm a Tester on the VS Core Editor team, in which I own the testing of the Editor itself. This includes basic usage of the editor to more advanced features such as code snippets, intellisense, smart tags, bookmarks (and Read More...

Beginner's tips on VS Find and Replace using Regular Expressions - Tutorial #2
18 June 04 11:46 AM | VSEditor | 7 Comments   

In my last tutorial, I talked about some basic fundamentals. Let's move on to narrowing down search scope some more. Recall that previously, I had introduced: < - Matches beginning of a word > - Matches end of a word Now, let's introduce a few more! Read More...

Yet Another Introduction…
16 June 04 05:09 PM | VSEditor | 2 Comments   

Hi, I am Zach Anderson , another dev working on Editor/Browsing/Navigation in VS. I am primarily focused on browsing and navigation features like object browser, class view, etc. My role includes technical leadership for this area, as well as design and Read More...

Call Browser
16 June 04 03:18 PM | VSEditor | 7 Comments   

Hi - My name is Mynor Ivan Muralles. I am a developer in the Editor/Nav team. I have worked in different features of Object Browser and Call Browser. Call Browser is a tool for displaying call graphs. Given a function or method, Call Browser will tell Read More...

Beginner's tips on VS Find and Replace using Regular Expressions - Tutorial#1
16 June 04 10:08 AM | VSEditor | 15 Comments   

Regular Expressions is a great way to find what you're looking for. Unfortunately, it can be also be quite daunting for a beginner who's unsure where to start. Hence I started this post for tips and tricks of using Regular Expressions with Find & Read More...

Another introduction...
15 June 04 12:15 PM | VSEditor | 3 Comments   

Hi everyone! My name is Meghan Perez and I'm the development lead in charge of the Editor and Code Navigation space. I've been working on the VSCore Editor team for the past five years since graduating from the University of Notre Dame. I was also an Read More...

Hello!
14 June 04 09:39 PM | VSEditor | 5 Comments   

My name is Fiona Fung and I'm a developer with the VS Core Editor team. I own the Find & Replace and File Extension Mapping functionality in Whidbey. I graduated from the University of Toronto in 2003. I was an intern with Microsoft in 2001. It will Read More...

Welcome!
14 June 04 08:32 PM | VSEditor | 12 Comments   

I’d like to welcome you to the VS Core Editor Team’s blog! First allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sean Laberee and I’m a Program Manager with this team. I work on the Core Editor, Find, Object Browser and Class View. I originally Read More...