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Tustin2121
Tustin2121

Reputation: 2176

TODOs in Xcode: How to make them stand out?

I am aware of the method of making them warnings, but I want to keep my legit warnings separate from my todos. I'm also have yet to see xcode 4 highlight the todos like everyone seems to think it does. And xcode's todo support only works on todos outside of functions...

The build phase script that is outlined here is wonderful, but it makes the TODOs into warnings, and Objective C creates enough legitimate warnings that I don't want my todo's clogging up the list. Is there a way to make the todo's a different build result, like an info result or something? Something that will not make Xcode's real warnings (half of should be errors) vanish in the crowd?

Upvotes: 15

Views: 11957

Answers (2)

Richard Stelling
Richard Stelling

Reputation: 25665

UPDATE

As of Xcode 4.4; FIXME:, ???:, ????:, !!!: all work outside of a function/method.

ORIGINAL ANSWER (< Xcode 4.4)

will highlight a TODO but only outside of a function.

//TODO: This will show in function drop down 
-(void)method1
{
    //TODO: This will not show
}

In addition; FIXME, ???, ????, !!!! do the same.

TODO

Upvotes: 20

Caleb
Caleb

Reputation: 125007

One way is to use Xcode's search feature. If you mark your code with // TODO:..., you can search the entire project for // TODO and generate a nice list of tasks.

Also, note that comments starting with // TODO: or // FIXME: that are outside the scope of any method will appear in the method popup menu, just like #pragma mark lines.

Upvotes: 4

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