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* Be able to navigate blame history better, stepping back and back in time until we find the change we were looking for.
* Be able to navigate blame history better, stepping back and back in time until we find the change we were looking for.
* Better ranking: if you type an exact identifier name, put the definition at the top.
* Better ranking: if you type an exact identifier name, put the definition at the top.
* More to come....
* Limiting searches to a particular file type. (eg, "image" in CSS files)
* As a jump point when I know a filename (eg, "nsILogin", click search, click the particular IDL I wanted).
* Limiting searches to a subtree (in one step), or to a directory pattern (eg "test").
** A basic "file:" keyword hint with simple wildcard globing could do most of it well enogh, I think... "file:*.css", "file:nsILogin*", "file:/test*"
* Support for image browsing would be super helpful for front-end stuff.
** Compare http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/themes/windows/global/icons with http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/themes/windows/global/icons/
** (Maybe this is just a bug? In general I'd expect all files to show up when browsing a directory.)


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