[LINUX] Code display gone missing
lazarus / 9-Editor

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QEnnay · 2021-02-15 14:59

Hi, just installed a new version of Linux Mint and Laz 2.0.10 and all
working fine except the Code display or whatever it is called.

When I start to type a func/proc name it displays the structure,
MessageDlg(const Msg : String.. etc

How do I turn it on? I have not changed any settings yet, so pretty
sure I did not turn it off.

Thanks

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Martin_fr · 2021-02-15 15:23

Do you mean

1) The "code completion"
The drop-down, that displays possible function names.
E.g. you type Form1.Ca
An it displays Caption, Cascade, CanFocus, Ca.....

Ctrl-Space


2) The "Parameter Hint"
When you typed
  IntToHex(
It displays a hint, that says
  Number: Integer; Length: Integer
  Number: Int64; Length: Integer
  ...

Shift Ctrl Space

Tools > OPtion > Editor > Completion and hints

Set the "delay" and enable the checkboxes.

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QEnnay · 2021-02-15 17:43

Ahhh, OK thanks it was #2 -- but I changed the items suggested and
still nothing. I then tried the Shift+Ctrl+Space and it declared an
error "Missing file," and went to the top Uses clause.

I checked the Project Inspector (PI) and the correct Name, Path etc
was there for the "missing" file.

I deleted it from the PI then navigated to the file, loaded it into
Editor and added it to the PI again. Now the Parameter Hints are
working as of old.

A small bug? Other files defined in the PI are all OK and on the same
basic Path as the formerly "missing" one, so beats me.