paul czyzewski added the comment:
hi Tal and Terry,
I hadn't noticed that continuing to type does go to the appropriate spot.
However, I see what I think are two or three bugs (not sure is 'a)' is a bug)
in the behavior:
a) on my system it does not visibly filter the list. EG, if I type 'os.',
wait for the popup, then type ge (so, 'os.ge') it scrolls down to, and selects,
"get_blocking", but the rest of the list is still there.
This is still useful but, Tal, I'm just pointing out that I don't see any
options disappear (as I think you're saying they should). Should the list
really be visibly filtered?
b) say I want os.get_terminal_size. I type "os." and wait for the popup to
appear (see 'c)' for why this is necessary); then I type 'get_t". Now
"get_terminal_size" is visible and selected but autocompletion doesn't occur.
I.E., I still have 'os.get_t" below the popup. To get the full word I have to
arrow *away* from the correct answer and then arrow back to it. Now
"get_terminal_size" appears below the popup. This is obviously less serious,
and less mysterious, than the original hang issue, but it's still a usability
issue.
c) Terry: regarding "Box comes up after cntl-space or time delay after key
char." On my IDLE, the box *never* appears if I initially type beyond the ".".
E.G.
import os
type "os.g" and wait.
RESULT: the popup never appears. It will appear if I then do
"cntl-space" but not from a time delay. This seems like another biggish
usability bug. The time delay should work (as I think you're saying) and
obviously "cntl-space" isn't something a newbie is likely to know to try.
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