Scanning Source Files for Tasks

To scan a directory, and its subdirectories, for source files with tasks (see the editor task window documentation for an explanation of how source files are considered to contain tasks), run the "Scan Files For Tasks..." action in the Tools menu; it can also be found in the context menu for tasks in the Editor Task Window.

This will produce a dialog where you choose which directory to scan. You can also choose whether or not you want the scan to be recursive, and if you want tasks to be restricted to the comment sections in the source files.

When the scan has completed, a new window is opened which contains the discovered tasks. Note that


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