Is it possible to mark code so as to add custom entries to BBEdit's "Functions" menu?

Question

I remember back in my CodeWarrior days, it was possible to add entries to the code navigational menu using #pragma mark directives, which made it easy to organize your code file into sections visible in the menu.

Is there any such way to do this in BBEdit, specifically in JavaScript files?

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Voted to close and move to Stack Overflow - that's where the programmers hang out. — Linker3000, Jun 24 '11 at 16:31
It's not really a *programming* question though, so I didn't want to post there. It's really just a question about the BBEdit application. — devios1, Jun 25 '11 at 22:32

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '11 at 03:37

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BBEdit supports #pragma mark for non-C languages, actually.

See the entry on the bbedit-hints blog on this topic.

Also: some other prefixes work (TODO, for example).

answered Nov 17 '11 at 03:37

RyanWilcox

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Brilliant! That's exactly what I was looking for! – devios1 Nov 28 '11 at 14:49
Omg it even supports divider lines with "#mark -"! Amazing! :) – devios1 Nov 28 '11 at 14:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '11 at 16:48

Well it's not an ideal solution, but I did find a way to add bookmarks to a file by parsing it with a regular expression. You can then start lines with a certain character sequence that you want to represent a mark.

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(Here I'm using a triple-slash to identify a bookmark.)

The problem is you have to run this manually each time you want to build the menu--it doesn't update automatically.

It also doesn't support "-" divider lines like CodeWarrior used to. Bummer.

Is it possible to mark code so as to add custom entries to BBEdit's "Functions" menu?

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