[Geany] autocomplete terminology confusion

[Enrico Tröger]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:28:55 +0100, Enrico Tröger
<enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:53:57 -0400, "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 11/2/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> 
> I agree, sounds good to me. My idea for the lower part of the Editor
> tab:
> **Completions**
> [x] XML tag autocomplete
> [x] quote autocomplete
> [x] bracket autocomplete
> [x] automatic symbol completion
> Row of symbol completion list: ____
> 
> And instead of the current behaviour the row spin button won't be
> disabled if automatic symbol completion is disabled because the list
> still can be shown when using Ctrl-Space.
Finally I did the changes in SVN r2044. I'll open a new thread for
details on this change.


Regards,
Enrico

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