Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
Andrew Haines wrote: That would be very, very nice to have: Case Correction. I know that its not integral, but I am a stickler for case consistency and a feature like that would help me save time by not having to hit shift so much. Case correction is also help to avoid spelling mistake for identifiers since when you hit space, it corrects and you know its correct. memory lane I remember using qbasic a long time ago and when you typed a var name it would change the var's case everywhere to what you just typed. /memory lane VB had (has?) this feature also, pretty annoying. Marc _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On Tue, 22 May 2007 09:53:07 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to try and implement that feature mentioned in the New since Delphi 7... article. When you type 'begin' and press enter, the editor automatically inserts the blank line and the closing 'end;' keyword. Also it will use the correct indentation. Now I have never done Code Generation with CodeTools, so might need some hints... I gather CodeTools has the capability for something like this? For simple things like begin/end, class/end we don't need the codetools, but simple text code templates. For more complex tasks you can use macro functions, which can trigger anything including the codetools. See for example $ProcName(). I know it must can via Ctrl+J, but can the keyword completion be triggered automatically? Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... Mattias _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2007 09:53:07 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to try and implement that feature mentioned in the New since Delphi 7... article. When you type 'begin' and press enter, the editor automatically inserts the blank line and the closing 'end;' keyword. Also it will use the correct indentation. Now I have never done Code Generation with CodeTools, so might need some hints... I gather CodeTools has the capability for something like this? For simple things like begin/end, class/end we don't need the codetools, but simple text code templates. For more complex tasks you can use macro functions, which can trigger anything including the codetools. See for example $ProcName(). I know it must can via Ctrl+J, but can the keyword completion be triggered automatically? Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... Maybe better to look how delphi store this templates and if possible to use that template file. There I think we can find what actions can trigger template insertion. Best regards, Paul Ishenin. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... 'Space' must definitely be a trigger as well (in the future). Especially if we want to implement 'auto spellcheck' and 'auto fixing of case for variables and identifiers' in the IDE. -- Graeme Geldenhuys General error, hit any user to continue. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On 5/22/07, Paul Ishenin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe better to look how delphi store this templates and if possible to use that template file. There I think we can find what actions can trigger template insertion. From the brief look at the new Delphi templates (xml files), those templates do define what key combination triggers insertion, even the location of the cursor has an affect (example: some templates can only be triggered inside a procedure, others only in the interface section of a unit) etc.. I've seen some pretty cool custom templates designed by the community. -- Graeme Geldenhuys General error, hit any user to continue. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On Tue, 22 May 2007 16:56:00 +0800 Paul Ishenin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Tue, 22 May 2007 09:53:07 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want to try and implement that feature mentioned in the New since Delphi 7... article. When you type 'begin' and press enter, the editor automatically inserts the blank line and the closing 'end;' keyword. Also it will use the correct indentation. Now I have never done Code Generation with CodeTools, so might need some hints... I gather CodeTools has the capability for something like this? For simple things like begin/end, class/end we don't need the codetools, but simple text code templates. For more complex tasks you can use macro functions, which can trigger anything including the codetools. See for example $ProcName(). I know it must can via Ctrl+J, but can the keyword completion be triggered automatically? Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... Maybe better to look how delphi store this templates and if possible to use that template file. There I think we can find what actions can trigger template insertion. I only took a short look at some examples, and it seems they invented a xml format with lots of Delphi IDE specific things. If lazarus tries to support that, then it needs to add a lot of workarounds and it needs to add somehow its own functions. IMHO it will be easier to convert the Delphi templates, then to support the xml format. Of course we can switch from the current dci text format to some xml format. Mattias _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On Tue, 22 May 2007 11:07:57 +0200 Graeme Geldenhuys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/22/07, Paul Ishenin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe better to look how delphi store this templates and if possible to use that template file. There I think we can find what actions can trigger template insertion. From the brief look at the new Delphi templates (xml files), those templates do define what key combination triggers insertion, even the location of the cursor has an affect (example: some templates can only be triggered inside a procedure, others only in the interface section of a unit) etc.. I've seen some pretty cool custom templates designed by the community. Can you give examples? Mattias _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only took a short look at some examples, and it seems they invented a xml format with lots of Delphi IDE specific things. If lazarus tries to support that, then it needs to add a lot of workarounds and it needs to add somehow its own functions. IMHO it will be easier to convert the Delphi templates, then to support the xml format. I agree with you here Mattias. The Delphi template xml format is very easy to read (visually) and understand, so should be a simple process to convert/rewrite that manually for the Lazarus IDE in whatever xml format we define. I don't think it's needed for Lazarus to actually read the Delphi xml format. -- Graeme Geldenhuys General error, hit any user to continue. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: of a unit) etc.. I've seen some pretty cool custom templates designed by the community. Can you give examples? Sure, here is a few from the tiOPF project. BTW: For technical details about the xml format have a look at: http://delphi.wikia.com/wiki/Live_Templates_Technical_Info This one can only be triggered in a method body... -[InheritedGetItems.xml] ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 ? codetemplate xmlns=http://schemas.borland.com/Delphi/2005/codetemplates; version=1.0.0 template name=igi invoke=auto point name=resulttype hint Result type /hint text TtiObject /text /point description inherited GetItems(i) as TtiObject; /description author Peter Hinrichsen /author code language=Delphi context=methodbody delimiter=|![CDATA[result:= inherited GetItems(i) as |resulttype|;]] /code /template /codetemplate ---[end] Here is one defining a TtiObjectList class. Looking at it now, I think they got the 'context= setting wrong. I emailed them to confirm this. [tiObjectList.xml]- ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 ? codetemplate xmlns=http://schemas.borland.com/Delphi/2005/codetemplates; version=1.0.0 template name=tiol invoke=auto description TtiObjectList template; /description author Peter Hinrichsen /author point name=objectclass hint Object's class /hint text TMyObject /text /point point name=objectparent hint Object's parent /hint text TMyParent /text /point point name=itemclass hint Item's class /hint text TMyItem /text /point code language=Delphi context=methodbody delimiter=| ![CDATA[ |objectclass| = class(TtiObjectList) private protected functionGetItems(i: integer): |itemclass|; reintroduce; procedure SetItems(i: integer; const AValue: |itemclass|); reintroduce; functionGetParent: |objectparent|; reintroduce; public propertyItems[i:integer] : |itemclass| read GetItems write SetItems; procedure Add(AObject : |itemclass|); reintroduce; propertyParent: |objectparent| read GetParent; published end; ]] /code /template /codetemplate [end]-- Here is a nice and simple one, fixing the formatting of the 'exit' identifier in code [exit.xml] ?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8 ? codetemplate xmlns=http://schemas.borland.com/Delphi/2005/codetemplates; version=1.0.0 template name=ex invoke=auto description Exit; //==; /description author Peter Hinrichsen /author code language=Delphi context=methodbody ![CDATA[Exit; //==]] /code /template /codetemplate --[end] -- Graeme Geldenhuys General error, hit any user to continue. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
* Graeme Geldenhuys wrote, On 22/05/07 10:03: On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... 'Space' must definitely be a trigger as well (in the future). Especially if we want to implement 'auto spellcheck' and 'auto fixing of case for variables and identifiers' in the IDE. I believe such helpers should not make users dumber; and so suggest that they keep a score for how many times they trigger but found nothing to change, against how many changes they made when something needed changing. Maybe even play a twinkle sound when a user gets it right after a series of wrong. Thus the users are trained to make the effort as well as helped. ?? Sam _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:57:55 +0100 Sam Liddicott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Graeme Geldenhuys wrote, On 22/05/07 10:03: On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... 'Space' must definitely be a trigger as well (in the future). Especially if we want to implement 'auto spellcheck' and 'auto fixing of case for variables and identifiers' in the IDE. I believe such helpers should not make users dumber; and so suggest that they keep a score for how many times they trigger but found nothing to change, against how many changes they made when something needed changing. Maybe even play a twinkle sound when a user gets it right after a series of wrong. Thus the users are trained to make the effort as well as helped. ?? Fixing case of identifiers (excluding uses section) is merely a beautification. IMO no sound needed here. Auto replacing ';=' with ':=' is debatable. But you got a point. For example, some programmers don't know how to write a normal unit skeleton, because the IDE always provides it. But I'm not sure, if this is really a bad thing. Mattias _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 5/22/07, Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not yet. But this is easy to implement. The above examples (being/end) are triggered by pressing 'return'. Of course not all templates should be triggered by pressing 'return', so every template need an own set of triggers. What about other triggers? For example space, tab, semicolon, ... 'Space' must definitely be a trigger as well (in the future). Especially if we want to implement 'auto spellcheck' and 'auto fixing of case for variables and identifiers' in the IDE. That would be very, very nice to have: Case Correction. I know that its not integral, but I am a stickler for case consistency and a feature like that would help me save time by not having to hit shift so much. Case correction is also help to avoid spelling mistake for identifiers since when you hit space, it corrects and you know its correct. Just my opinion. -- Warm Regards, Lee _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
Re: [lazarus] Lazarus keyword completion addon
That would be very, very nice to have: Case Correction. I know that its not integral, but I am a stickler for case consistency and a feature like that would help me save time by not having to hit shift so much. Case correction is also help to avoid spelling mistake for identifiers since when you hit space, it corrects and you know its correct. memory lane I remember using qbasic a long time ago and when you typed a var name it would change the var's case everywhere to what you just typed. /memory lane Andrew _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
