[Geany] autocomplete terminology confusion

[John Gabriele]

On 11/2/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
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> We should get a resolution for this.
>

One area that may lead to confusion is the name used for when you want
to complete a symbol (like the name of a class or something). I
suggest you specifically use the term "symbol completion" (rather than
"autocomplete") for this feature.

That is, Geany always offers symbol symbol completion via Ctrl-Space,
but you should be able to enable "automatic symbol completion" in the
prefs, thus making Geany automatically pop up that list of choices
while you're typing a symbol name that it recognizes.

I think the term "autocomplete" is best left reserved for cases where
Geany adds characters to your file for you automatically while you
type, such as:

1. XML tag autocompletion, and
2. Harold's idea of an option to have Geany automatically finish your
opening quotes and brackets.

So, in the Preferences dialog, the Editor tab, it might look like:

**Autocomplete**
[x] XML tag autocomplete
[x] quote autocomplete
[x] bracket autocomplete

**Other completion**
[x] automatic symbol completion

---John