Just a quick try on Mac (works as you described), but then on Windows, the focus jumps to the LC toolbar after "..." appears, unless I close tools first.
~Roger On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:56 PM, zryip theSlug <zryip.thes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear LiveCode Users, > > > This is the time to release our Intellisense plugin to the Community. > > This plugin is the result of a challenge made with myself: how to have > a window displaying a contextual list on the top of the script editor, > but without changing any code in the editor? > The first version of the plugin was released with the Excel Lib > Commercial version to help coding with the now, more than 200 > commands, we have in this Library. > > At this moment, the plugin is capable to auto-complete the word being > in edition in the script editor window. Type the begining of the > keyword, wait for the 3 dots mark and hit the tab key. Then the plugin > displays a list of proposals or it "autocompletes" the word if it > exists only one possibility. > > The dictionary of possible keywords is composed by: > > - the LC commands > - the LC functions > - the LC properties > - the LC messages > - the datagrid library > - the Libraries in use > > We have a color for the LC keywords (blue) and a color for the > libraries keywords (green). In a future version these colors will be > customizable. > We have also an icon by family keywords (commands, functions, etc), to > be able to quickly identify the keyword kind. > > Here is an example of possible Messages when the keyword start by: "preop" > > http://www.aslugontheroad.com/images/Preview/Intellisense_Plugin/IP_Preopen.png > > > We can navigate through the list by hitting the up and down keyboard > keys, or clicking on the list to choose a keyword. Press the return > key for validating the choose, or press esc for closing the list. > > The plugin is also the good companion for finding the command you have > read somewhere, but you don't remember the exact writing. Instead of > searching in the doc, you can start the word by "?" and the plugin > will help you. An example with searching the "column" keywords for > coding with the datagrid object: > > http://www.aslugontheroad.com/images/Preview/Intellisense_Plugin/IP_Searchingcontains.png > > > The plugin is refreshing it's dictionary every time we are adding or > removing a library (stacks in use), and have been tested with > libraries such as SQL Yoga, Animation Engine and our Excel Library. > > In future versions, more contexts detection will be added. For example > it will be possible to have: > > - a filtered list of keywords (the previous word is "on" or "command" > or "pass" or "exit", so the list is only containing "Messages" > keywords) > - the list of declared variables in the dictionary. > > > The plugin is quite experimental and not perfect, but I'm using it all > the time and I'm really happy with it. I done some recent improvements > and I decided to share the result with the Community. > Any comments or suggestions, welcome. > > > The Intellisense plugin can be downloaded by following this link: > http://www.aslugontheroad.com/download/category/5-open-sources > > > Enjoy! > > > Best Regards, > -- > Zryip TheSlug > http://www.aslugontheroad.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
