Open Radar

 
04-Sep-2009 03:27 AM Andrew Lee:
Summary: 
Extract a method name from selected text and put it in the pasteboard

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open an Objective-C file in Xcode.
2. Enter either a method declaration like either:

- (void)putBook:(NSString *)theBookName
      inSection:(NSString *)theSectionName
      ofLibrary:(NSString *)theLibraryName
         inCity:(NSString *)theCityName;

or:

[masterLibrarian putBook:@"The Dark Knight"
               inSection:@"Graphic Novels"
               ofLibrary:@"Mid-Manhattan Branch"
                  inCity:@"New York City"];

3. Select the four lines of the method declaration or method invocation.

Expected Results:
I'd like a variation of the Copy command that puts just the method name into my pasteboard, and not the whole declaration.  In the example above, this would be putBook:inSection:ofLibrary:inCity:.  This would allow me to paste the method name into, say, a HeaderDoc comment or other documentation.

Actual Results:
This is currently not possible.

Regression:

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04-Sep-2009 03:40 AM Andrew Lee:
P.S.  It would be handy if Xcode could provide this as a Service so I could do this method-name-copying in any application.


14-Sep-2009 08:39 PM:
Engineering has requested the following information in order to further investigate this issue:

Please create user script as depicted.


15-Sep-2009 07:55 PM Andrew Lee:
Sorry, I don't understand the request -- what is meant by "user script," and how do I create one?


29-Sep-2009 05:11 PM:
Engineering has provided the following information:

Using the menu command: Scripts -> Edit User Scripts.... There is documentation on them.