[MonoDevelop] Subdirectory as a Namespace

[Marek Safar]

Hello,
>>> in my quite large SW projekt (ERP system) I have created a 
>>>       
>> handful of 
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>>> subdirs, which respresent certain types of classes (forms, 
>>>       
>> reports, and the like).
>>     
>>> When creating a class or widget in such a subdir, I would 
>>>       
>> expect MD to 
>>     
>>> make the new class a member of some sub-namespace 
>>>       
>> <project>.<subdir>. 
>>     
>>> However, MD seems only to know the namespace 
>>>       
>> <project>...and that's it.
>>     
>>> But, in order to get the various classes into some order, 
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>> MD should, 
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>>> for instance, create a namespace like myproject.forms for 
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>> all classes 
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>>> the subdir $MYPROJECT/forms. Some Java IDEs (namely 
>>>       
>> NetBeans) do that. 
>>     
>>> Is this also possible in MD?
>>>       
>> That's not possible right now. Feel free to file a feature 
>> request in MD's bugzilla (see 
>> http://www.monodevelop.com/Help_%26_Contact).
>>     
>
> Visual Studio works that way (creating a sub-namemspace) and
> it's sometimes useful but other times I want to change the
> namespace in some subdir for a particular reason. I've always
> wished I could set the default namespace for a folder, rather
> than just for a project.
>   
Another option would be to detect namespace from existing files
in the folder and use default one when no file exists.

Marek