All ECB-Windows of ECB

ECB displays a number of informational windows that allow for easy source code navigation and overview. These informational windows are called ECB-Windows. Each ECB-window is displayed in its own special window/buffer which is dedicated and read-only.

There are some “basic” ECB-windows (e.g. for browsing directories and sources) and some “add-on” ECB-windows for special purposes like displaying the definition of the current symbol under point. This chapter describes all ECB-windows of ECB in detail.

The basic ECB-Windows of ECB

ECB offers basic ECB-windows for browsing directory-structures, files of a directory and contents of source-files (e.g. methods and variables). These basic ECB-windows are build from a special class of ECB-windows, called tree-buffer. See Tree-buffer basics for more details about the functionality of tree-buffers. See Tree-buffer styles to get an impression about the look & feel of these tree-buffers.

In the following subsections these basic ECB-windows of ECB will be explained in detail.

In the following subsections these basic ECB-windows of ECB will be explained in detail.

• Tree-buffer basics: General introduction into tree-buffers
• Tree-buffer styles: Displaying the trees with different styles
• ECB Directories-window: Contents of the ECB Directories-window
• ECB Sources-window: Contents of the ECB Sources-window
• ECB Methods-window: Contents of the ECB Methods-window
• ECB History-window: Contents of the ECB History-window

Add-On ECB-Windows of ECB

This section gives detailed information about available add-on ECB-Windows.

• Semantic analyser: Analyses and displays semantic context
• Symboldefinition: Displays definition of current symbol (n/a)