I don't know BBEdit well at all, but is there some way of mapping some other character to generate 'tab' or indents (perhaps via the Unix filters?), then have tab as the 'completion' character. The reason I'm thinking of this is, tab is the completion character in a number of the Unix shells. Maybe its just not practical within an editor.
Also, is it possible to have the completion option only display, say, a line under a word where a completion is "on offer", rather than the list of completions, and ideally let the user know if there is a unique completion by, say, changing the colour of the line: in this way users can be informed of completions without having a list pop up and they'd be clued in to when issuing (say) tab would yield a unique completion. (Unix users would see that this is essentially a "smart" version of the try-and-fail approach that tabbing on a word with ambigious completions takes in the shells.) The point of above idea is to try offer something "in between" a full list, so that some completion is on offer, but more restrained for users that find the list interferes with their use of the editor. It has the obvious weakness of not showing the outcome until its done, but so does the Unix shell completion. Just loose thoughts while I remember. I'm out of time to check the options out (yes, I know its the "done" thing to check first, but better I say what I'm thinking while I remember than not say it at all?) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
