Program source code navigation

摘要

A computer determines a cursor location within source code displayed on a display screen. The computer determines a keyword based at least on the cursor location. The cursor location may include: line number, column number, designated non-word location, and/or reserved word. The computer takes an action based on the keyword including, but not limited to the following actions: jumping to the first occurrence of the keyword search term, extracting a COBOL copybook data set, and/or sending an EXPLAIN query to a database manager.

主权项

1. A method for navigating programming source code from within a source code editor, the method comprising:
a computer determining a text cursor location information within the text of the source code document displayed on a display screen; the computer identifying a tablereserved word according to a programming language; the computer determining a jump-to-location action based on the reserved word; and the computer taking the jump-to-location action indicated by the reserved word; wherein: the text cursor location information is based on a text cursor location being within or adjacent to the reserved word; the text cursor location information includes the reserved word.