How to Set up Code Completion Automatically
lazarus / 9-Editor

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robsean · 2019-08-18 07:41

Hi，
   How to Set up Code Completion Automatically？
We are from China. We want to set up automatic code completion
function.Instead of automatic completion by pressing Ctrl + W

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julkas · 2019-08-18 13:39

For our friends from China - may be this helps
Tools -> Options -> Codetools.

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Martin_fr · 2019-08-18 15:51

Actually it should be ctrl-space (which invokes the intelligent code
completion.

ctrl-W is just word completion (any word that can be found in the
editor(s)).

That aside, the only auto invoke that exists is, if you press a ".".
I.e.
  MyObject.
Then it will show you the methods/properties of that object.
There is a slight delay. It only opens if you do not press another key
for like a half a second. You can change that wait time.


For more see https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33054

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robsean · 2019-08-19 00:45

Quote from: julkas on August 18, 2019, 03:39:47 pmFor our friends from
China - may be this helps
Tools -> Options -> Codetools.

Thank you, But that's not what I want.

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robsean · 2019-08-19 01:06

Quote from: Martin_fr on August 18, 2019, 05:51:26 pmActually it
should be ctrl-space (which invokes the intelligent code completion.

ctrl-W is just word completion (any word that can be found in the
editor(s)).

That aside, the only auto invoke that exists is, if you press a ".".
I.e.
  MyObject.
Then it will show you the methods/properties of that object.
There is a slight delay. It only opens if you do not press another key
for like a half a second. You can change that wait time.


For more see https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33054

Thank you，But that's not what I want.

Maybe what I said is not clear.
What I want is that when I press the letter c, the editor
automatically displays the prompt Words which beginning with C on the
next line of the letter c.
like this：
https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/editor/intellisense/intellis
ense_packagejson.gif

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Martin_fr · 2019-08-19 01:51

Quote from: robsean on August 19, 2019, 03:06:50 am
What I want is that when I press the letter c, the editor
automatically displays the prompt Words which beginning with C on the
next line of the letter c.
like this：
https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/editor/intellisense/intellis
ense_packagejson.gif
I understood that, yes.

But: That is not available.

Somebody did start that, but it was never finished:
https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33054

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robsean · 2019-08-19 02:19

Quote from: Martin_fr on August 19, 2019, 03:51:28 amQuote from:
robsean on August 19, 2019, 03:06:50 am
What I want is that when I press the letter c, the editor
automatically displays the prompt Words which beginning with C on the
next line of the letter c.
like this：
https://code.visualstudio.com/assets/docs/editor/intellisense/intellis
ense_packagejson.gif
I understood that, yes.

But: That is not available.

Somebody did start that, but it was never finished:
https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33054
Thank you

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Edson · 2019-08-19 23:30

Just for information, SynFacilCompletion
https://github.com/t-edson/SynFacilCompletion (son of SynFacilSyn)
implements that feature with SynEdit. I don't know if it could be
included in Lazarus in some way.