[ww-tedit-dev] idea: showing the current function name

[petar marinov]

Sometimes a function body is so long that it is doesn't fit in a single 
page. Most of the time developers are mentally aware of the name of the 
function there are currently positioned into. Our special coloring of 
the function names is one way to better get your bearings when jumping 
to a new page.

This will not work when we are into a function that is larger than the 
page or simply the function top is not visible. My idea is to show 
somewhere which function we are into everytime the current function name 
disappears from the screen. This can be done in two ways:

1. Less obtrusive: use the tooltip technique (not yet implemented, but 
it will use the top few lines to show hints)
2. Show on the status line -- instead of the file name, to show the 
current function name. Again this will only be shown when the function 
name is not visible on the screen.

Dangers:
Once the function name is clear for the user it could be irritating to 
keep seeng it, hence (1) is less preferable. That is why I suggest for 
this to be shown only after navigations like page-dn/-up or jump to line 
or bookmarks selection or similar.

(2) may be hid after arrow left or right or similar.

Comments?

-petar