[enhancement] Hyperlinks on method usage

[lapo-luchini]

Of course it would be a huge feat, but hyper-links from method usage to definition would be über-cool, even if limited to the current "project" the file is in.
(like the dead grepcode.com did 😢)

[boyter]

Actually the best implementation of that I know of is https://sourcegraph.com/ which DOES do that. I belive it works cross projects as well even.

To do this they actually parse the source code at a far higher level than what searchcode does. Of course there are issues with that approach but it is a very cool product and solves your problem.

I might keep this open because its something I would like to do though.

[lapo-luchini]

Nice, I didn't find that one! Thanks. (and for having created SearchCode too!)

[boyter]

They have a pretty neat product! I don't think it works over as many repositories as searchcode.com yet but for some cases its perfect.

No worries! Thanks for taking the time to say that. It helps.

[curtcox]

An indirect approach to solve this problem is to provide a links that would open the user's IDE to that particular location. The user could then use the IDE to find definition.
Of course, this would require the user to either have their machine configured in a particular way or be able to customize the consequences of selecting a link.

[boyter]

That's a thought. Something to consider.

[curtcox]

"SourceKit for Safari is a browser extension for GitHub, that enables IDE features on your browser such as symbol navigator, go to definition and documentation on hover."
https://github.com/kishikawakatsumi/SourceKitForSafari