[opensource-dev] Enhanced Script Editor Request

[Ricky]

It used to stay up until clicked on or until certain characters were
typed... Got in the the way at times, but was quite useful.


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:08 PM, SuezanneC Baskerville
<suezanne at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be pleased if the popup tip remained visible somewhere. My short term
> memory is bad, if there are many parameters I have to make the popup appear
> more than once.
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Ricky <kf6kjg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think the idea here is to have the popup capable of doing
>> auto-completion.  This would save a load of time, as well as make it
>> easier to script, IMHO.
>>
>> An alternative would be to expand the usefulness of the code insert
>> dropdown by having it add the parens and properties for events and
>> functions using default values/place holders such as is seen in the
>> hover tips.
>>
>> Ricky
>> Cron Stardust
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Dave Booth <dave at meadowlakearts.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On 10/20/2010 13:20, malachi wrote:
>> >> Of all the developers who are working on the client someone has to be
>> >> smart enough to implement this.
>> >>
>> >> For you windows developers who are using Visual Studio, When you type a
>> >> function name and get to the ( point of the function it pops a tip up
>> >> telling you what is needed to complete this function. I believe it is
>> >> called intellisense. I could be mistaken. Why can we not have the same
>> >> type of script editor? An auto complete type of compiler for the
>> >> editor.
>> >> As we type in our scripts popups would help us complete what it is we
>> >> are
>> >> typing. this would increase speed of script writing, help beginners
>> >> learn
>> >> LSL programming faster, and simplify the process. this is just my
>> >> thoughts. it is already implemented in LSLEditor just figured it could
>> >> be
>> >> done in the client as well.
>> >
>> > hover the mouse over the highlighted function name and you get a tip
>> > popup showing the functions prototype. Personally I prefer this to
>> > environments where the popup happens automatically - the popup would be
>> > a distraction for the functions I use really frequently and never need
>> > reminding about their parameters but I'll use the tip to remind myself
>> > of the correct parameter order for those I use infrequently. Perhaps
>> > this should be a selectable behaviour - Theres already a hook to spot
>> > when a function name is typed and highlight it, possibly leverage that
>> > and have function tip popups in the editor be on-hover, on-highlight or
>> > off?
>> >
>> > Dave.
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