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Re: IDE Editor Hints

• Posted by CK Lester <cklester at yahoo.com> Mar 30, 2001
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David,

> One option is to have is display a routine prototype. For example, if you
> type:
>
i]ntf( 
> then a popup hint could show you something like:
>    printf( integer handle, sequence format, object args )
> This is relatively easy to do. If it were really clever, it could even use
> prototypes of your own routine.

I would prefer this method. I'm used to (and appreciate) VBA's way of popping up
a hint when it recognizes an available function/sub [procedure], then hinting at
the parameters. It even highlights (bold) what parameter it is accepting at the
time. It also recognizes functions I've created and shows me those parameters.

> Since the help system is smart enough to know that an include is needed, does
> that mean it should
> *automatically* add the file? That's the question I'd be asking if I were a
> newbie, anyway.
> Then again, is that making the editer *too* smart?

I don't know that that would be bad, especially if the option to turn off the
feature were available.

> Another option would be to have the hint show a possible
> completion for what you are currently typing. For example:
>    spri
> might elicit the hint:
>    sprintf(

This I'm not excited about, unless it was very inconspicuous or I could disable
it.

Thanks!
ck