[Geany] autocomplete terminology confusion

[kib2]

Enrico Tröger a écrit :
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:54:03 -0400, "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> On 10/20/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:44:01 -0400, "John Gabriele"
>>> <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On 10/19/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> So my suggestion is to rename the current construct completion
>>>>> completely to e.g. "code snippets" or something else.
>>>>>           
>>>> My guess is that lots of folks will use them for things other than
>>>> code, so maybe just "snippets" would do; as in, "Hit Tab to
>>>> activate the snippet for the preceeding bit of text". Then you'd
>>>> find yourself referring to "filetype-specific snippets" for those
>>>> different sections in the config file.
>>>>         
>>> But why not? IMO it fits the actual behaviour more than auto
>>> completion.
>>>       
>> The actual behaviour is, of course, to expand a small piece of text
>> into a larger piece -- regardless of whether or not it's code. So,
>> really, neither "code snippets" nor "snippets" are names that fit
>> actual behaviour. I just thought "snippets" would be simpler, and more
>> general sounding.
>>     
> Why doesn't fit snippets at all?
> I think it is good enough and I'm not really sure about your last
> sentence. You also suggest snippets or you are against? To me it sounds
> a bit contrary.
>
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>
>   
Hi,

Snippets have a different meaning for me :
those of a TextMate like editor (InType, eTexteditor,Smultron,...), with 
fields where you can give default values, apply transforms and pos your 
cursor at the end.
Type 'snippets' + Vim or Emacs, and you'll find these features too.
So this term seems commonly used for pieces of text with dynamic 
replacements; that's not Geany behavior.

Kib.