[Geany] Autocompletion followed by text

[Nick Treleaven]

On 06/09/07 21:13:08, Harold Aling wrote:
> Ah, that's why it often doesn't work! I was planning on filing a bug 
> about autocompletion not working sometimes. There must have been a
> space 
> or tab on the line already!
> 
I've just fixed this so that trailing space on a line is now ignored, 
and autocompletion will work.

> This also explains why the autocompletion of my full name didn't work 
> last week. I was editing a text file and wanted to insert my full 
> name
> 
> in my comments (Har<tab>)...
> 
I've now added a hidden preference in the SVN version, 
auto_complete_whilst_editing, which when set to true should allow what 
you want, instead of having to patch Geany. Either quit Geany and use 
another editor to edit ~/.geany/geany.conf, or do it the hard way: 

From Geany, edit ~/.geany/geany.conf, then start another instance, then 
quit the first instance (this prevents the file being overwritten when 
Geany quits).

> I still find it very strange that this is a 'feature', especially 
> because the auto completion only works when entering a specific text
> and 
> pressing the auto complete button (tab). This will almost never 
> happen
> 
> accidentally, I presume...
> 
Some people configure auto completion to use space, then it's annoying 
to get e.g. 'if' autocompleted when editing an existing if statement.

Regards,
Nick