IDE Window: ToDo List: what changed

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Title: IDE Window: ToDo List

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1	+	The ToDo list shows the list of ToDo comments in all project units.
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3	+	Until Lazarus 1.6 it only searched the units listed in the project inspector. Since 1.7 it searches all used units (i.e. lpr uses section) too.
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5	+	Make comments in source-code like these:
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7	+	``` pascal
8	+	{TODO -oOwnerName -cCategoryName: Todo_text}
9	+	{DONE -oOwnerName -cCategoryName: Todo_text}
10	+	{#todo -oOwnerName -cCategoryName: Todo_text}
11	+	{#done -oOwnerName -cCategoryName: Todo_text}
12	+	{ ToDo: Todo_text}
13	+	// ToDo: Todo_text
14	+	(* ToDo: Todo_text *)
15	+	```
16	+
17	+	The -o and -c tags are optional.
18	+
19	+	## Controls
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21	+	Buttons:
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23	+	- Refresh: Search again all files for ToDo comments and update the list.
24	+	- Goto: Jump to the item in the source editor.
25	+	- Export: Make report of todo items in a CSV file.
26	+	- Help: Show this help page.
27	+
28	+	Options:
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30	+	- Listed: Search units listed ion project inspector / package editor.
31	+	- Used: Search units used by main source file.
32	+	- Editor: Search units in the source editor.
33	+	- Packages: Search units from used packages.
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35	+	Listbox:
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37	+	- Click the ToDo item in the list to jump to the ToDo item in the source editor.
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39	+	---
40	+	From the Free Pascal wiki, page "IDE Window: ToDo List", as it stood on 2021-03-27 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).

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