Editor: Autocomplete for variables

[THCM]

Would be nice to have this included. At least all variables ending with .b .w .l .f etc. I don't want to use Deftype or Global to use autocompletion.

[Michael Vogel]

Yes, agree to that!

There is an option (in preferences/editor/autocomplete/displayeditems) to include variables, but it does not work!

I do not understand, why absolutely nothing happens, when "autocomplete" is enabled, but "automatically popup" is disabled?!

I'd like to have the following two things:

* "silent autocomplete": no popup, but automatically change to the first matching word of a list when pressing (shift) space after some characters

* "auto case": the first occurence of a variable defines how it will be seen in the whole source code - BigVar.w=1 means BigVar is everytime BigVar and not bigvar or bIgvaR

[DarkDragon]

I do not understand, why absolutely nothing happens, when "autocomplete" is enabled, but "automatically popup" is disabled?!

My Shortcut: Ctrl+Space. That's normal in many IDEs, including eclipse and I like it like that.

[Shannara]

This have been wished twice already Once for an earlier version of PB, and again for PB4 Reference link found @ viewtopic.php?t=18723

[Michael Vogel]

Hi

Autocomplete would help also to avoid typos! A AutoCase function would be also great to see problems very fast, e.g. you enter...

myvariable

...and while you are typing it changes to, let's say...

MyVariable

...you just feel on the right way...

[PB]

If you have Global MyVariable and then type myv and hit Tab, you do get MyVariable.

[DarkDragon]

Uhm sorry, but a good coding style always has lower cased variables.

[traumatic]

Uhm sorry, but a good coding style always has lower cased variables.

definitely not!

[DarkDragon]

Uhm sorry, but a good coding style always has lower cased variables.

definitely not!

I know, but I just wanted to post the opinion of my teacher .

[Michael Vogel]

Hi, just, if you like to do your own AutoComplete, you can do this with the freeware AutoHotkey and a script I wrote:

viewtopic.php?p=128768#128768

Definitely not perfect, but maybe useful to change the behaviour of the inernal AutoComplete

Michael

[Jan Vooijs]

Uhm sorry, but a good coding style always has lower cased variables.

definitely not!

I know, but I just wanted to post the opinion of my teacher .

Find a beter teacher yours is off his bonkers (or as the americans say: "He is missing one of his six-pack")

Totaly outmode, so yesteryears dear!!!

Variables MUST have mixedcase like MyVar and NOT myvar, bonkers he is...

[But on topic]
AutoComplete for variables is almost a must!! And Case change offcourse!!
[/But on topic]

Jan V.

[Jan Vooijs]

If you have Global MyVariable and then type myv and hit Tab, you do get MyVariable.

In what version of PB is that?? PB4b4 does not!! Or is it a switch somewhere???

Thanks,

Jan V.

[Shannara]

I am wondering this myself, for I know for a fact that does not exist in PB4B3. And since his post was out before Beta 4 came out ... maybe Beta 4 supports this.

[PB]

>> If you have Global MyVariable and then type myv and hit Tab,
>> you do get MyVariable.
>
> In what version of PB is that?

Since v3.94.

> is it a switch somewhere?

Preferences -> AutoComplete -> Displayed Items -> Variables of the current source.

> I know for a fact that does not exist in PB4B3

Hehe, you just need to explore the Preferences more.

[Michael Vogel]

>> If you have Global MyVariable and then type myv and hit Tab,
>> you do get MyVariable.

Preferences -> AutoComplete -> Displayed Items -> Variables of the current source.

Hehe, you just need to explore the Preferences more.

Does work only with the time consuming popup menu (which sometimes offers a lot of alternatives also), without activating the popup also in the preferences it does not work (honestly)