Can codetools insert procedure definition with parameters?
lazarus / 9-Editor

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vfclists · 2011-11-01 16:19

When I declare a procedure and want to implement via TObjectName.,
when I press the dot to bring up the picklist selecting the procedure
name does not add the parameters which need to be added manually.

Is there some the CodeTools can also copy the procedure parameters
from the declaration?

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howardpc · 2011-11-01 19:41

I don't know of one. However, pressing [Control][Shift][Space] (if you
have the default keymapping) invokes the "show code context" command
which gives you the parameters for a procedure or function in a hint
box above the code. Your cursor has to be within the ( ) following the
procedure name for this key combination to work. The attached .png
shows two overloaded versions of the FillRect() function displayed
with appropriate parameters. It cleverly emboldens the next parameter
that you need to supply as you fill in the empty parentheses.

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howardpc · 2011-11-01 19:47

I should have mentioned that the small blue button to the right of the
hint inserts the parameters from that declaration into your code when
you click it. Very cool.

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vfclists · 2011-11-06 14:29

Is this feature present in 0.9.30?
Only the Ctrl-Space combination works in the editor.
Ctrl-Shift-Space does nothing.

Quote from: howardpc on November 01, 2011, 08:41:31 pmI don't know of
one. However, pressing [Control][Shift][Space] (if you have the
default keymapping) invokes the "show code context" command which
gives you the parameters for a procedure or function in a hint box
above the code. Your cursor has to be within the ( ) following the
procedure name for this key combination to work. The attached .png
shows two overloaded versions of the FillRect() function displayed
with appropriate parameters. It cleverly emboldens the next parameter
that you need to supply as you fill in the empty parentheses.

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vfclists · 2014-09-09 13:47

Quote from: vfclists on November 06, 2011, 03:29:06 pmIs this feature
present in 0.9.30?
Only the Ctrl-Space combination works in the editor.
Ctrl-Shift-Space does nothing.

Quote from: howardpc on November 01, 2011, 08:41:31 pmI don't know of
one. However, pressing [Control][Shift][Space] (if you have the
default keymapping) invokes the "show code context" command which
gives you the parameters for a procedure or function in a hint box
above the code. Your cursor has to be within the ( ) following the
procedure name for this key combination to work. The attached .png
shows two overloaded versions of the FillRect() function displayed
with appropriate parameters. It cleverly emboldens the next parameter
that you need to supply as you fill in the empty parentheses.

Over 2 years after asking the quesion, I've got it.

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Mike.Cornflake · 2014-09-09 14:24

Quote from: vfclists on September 09, 2014, 03:47:40 pmOver 2 years
after asking the quesion, I've got it. 

Well, I'm glad you reopened this old topic, because I've just learned
something :-)  Many thanks.

Quote from: howardpc on November 01, 2011, 08:47:43 pmI should have
mentioned that the small blue button to the right of the hint inserts
the parameters from that declaration into your code when you click it.
Very cool.