Global search for a function?

[BlueMage]

Hi there, i want to ask if there is any way (through console?) to do a Global search for something.
Like a function to see which plugins has defined it?

 

[Poryg]

Type the function in console (without any brackets/parameters), press enter and then click on the result. It will open the script file.

 

[BlueMage]

Thanks @Poryg but if i remember it right, that will show only the name of the last plugin which defined the function right? (and the code of the function too). Is there anyway to check for all plugins which has defined that function?

 

[Poryg]

Actually, there is.
I'll demonstrate on an example from my plugin.


1. Type the method you want to find. Press Enter.
2. You'll see whatever it aliased.
3. Type that alias and press enter.
4. Press the result.

There is only one thing where this fails: Where you don't alias a function, but only completely overwrite it. In this case you'd have to deactivate the plugin that overwrites the function.
Or of course you can always open your IDE and browse through the js files.

 

[Andar]

a more comfortable way of searching is to use a multifile text editor like (for example) Textpad (there are others like it around).

with it, you just open every js file in your project at the same time, giving you the option to comfortably swith between all plugins and all core files and search over all those files in any form of text search (which includes searching for incomplete functionnames)

 

[TheoAllen]

As said above, for more specific, Notepad++ (iirc) and VSCode has global search function bind in CTRL+SHIFT+F.

 

[BlueMage]

Thanks guys! For all great advises! =D

 

[Mrs_Allykat]

I use GrepWin, since it's recursive and can replace multiple instances of misspellings across many files in the data directory... (edit, and multiple json files, ruby, JS, PHP, and so on.)

 

[bazrat]

Atom has as well, very useful

 

[bunslunch]

I still write in newbie non-obfuscated JavaScript myself, even since 2007.
The JavaScript window.Tumblr object is way deeper, btw. (I write UserScripts)

But here is a trick I learned for any deep this, that I can't find owner of.

To find the owner of a this deep nested EXAMPLE
proto = new proto = new proto = new proto = new proto (or whatever)
kind of situation...
Don't be shy about inserting a temporary global, to better learn the third party code.


window.whatAmI in the devTools console will reference all the goodies of line 10,507 in rpg_objects.js

You won't need to be doing this once you have firm grip on the workings. It's like training wheels.

I haven't needed to do it in so long, I'm not even sure if this ^ this is a good example.