Re: [Geany] calltips for python?

Following John's idea, here is a Lua script to implement some crude "bubbletip" support...

First, create the calltips file: ~/.geany/plugins/geanylua/support/calltips

This syntax for the file is simply pairs of lines, the first line is the identifier and the second is the calltip. for example:

-------------<snip>------------- someword This is the calltip for some word anotherword This is the calltip for another word thirdword This is the calltip for the third word -------------</snip>-------------

Next, make a copy of the script shown below and put it somewhere in your scripts folder, for instance: ~/.geany/plugins/geanylua/show-calltips.lua

-------------<snip>------------- -- @ACCEL@ <Shift><Control>h

if geany.count()==0 then return end

local ds=geany.dirsep local tipfile=geany.appinfo().scriptdir..ds.."support"..ds.."calltips" local token=#geany.word()>0 and geany.word() or geany.text():sub(1,geany.caret()):gsub("(.*%W)(%a%w*)(.*)", "%2")

if not (token and #token>0) then return end

local tips, err=io.open(tipfile) if not tips then geany.message("Can't file tips file!",err) return end

local found=nil for line in tips:lines() do if found then found=line break end if line==token then found=line end end

tips:close()

if found then geany.scintilla("CALLTIPSHOW", geany.caret(), found) end -------------</snip>-------------

And then restart Geany.

Now, when you type any one of the identifiers from the calltips file and then press [Ctrl][Shift]H you should see a calltip for that identifier.

Notes: Identifiers must start with an alphabetic character, followed by zero or more alphanumeric characters. (But the calltip itself can contain puncuation, etc.)

You still need to press [Escape] to get the calltip to disappear when you are done with it.

You can change the first line of the script to something else if you want a different hotkey.

It should also be possible to use different calltips files for different filetypes by testing the .ext field from the geany.fileinfo function, but I will leave that as an exercise for the reader :-)

- Jeff