Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 18:16, Mattias Gaertner via lazarus wrote: > I guess you mean a Quickfix. OK, now I have the terminology. :) > It adds a menu item/icon depending on a compiler message. In this > case: identifier not found. Should not be too hard to extend the > existing one. Thanks, I'll start th

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Mattias Gaertner via lazarus
> Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus hat am 17. > Dezember 2018 um 19:07 geschrieben: > > > On 17/12/2018 17:56, Werner Pamler via lazarus wrote: > > I'd turn these features off in the same way I turn off most of the > > features when the IDE pretends to be able to guess what I am thinking. > > N

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 19:09, Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus wrote: On 17/12/2018 18:06, Martin Frb via lazarus wrote: Cody, Ah, I forgot about Cody. I remember somebody mention it once to me about a year or so ago. Not sure what everything it does, but I'll take a look. Is Cody something included with

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 19:07, Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus wrote: No, the difference between what I'm suggesting (how Eclipse works) is that I have to manually trigger the suggestion list - be that via a shortcut, or a icon in the gutter, or a right-click popup in the Messages window. procedure TForm1

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 18:06, Martin Frb via lazarus wrote: > Cody, Ah, I forgot about Cody. I remember somebody mention it once to me about a year or so ago. Not sure what everything it does, but I'll take a look. Is Cody something included with Lazarus as standard, or a manually installed package? I'll

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 17:56, Werner Pamler via lazarus wrote: > I'd turn these features off in the same way I turn off most of the > features when the IDE pretends to be able to guess what I am thinking. No, the difference between what I'm suggesting (how Eclipse works) is that I have to manually trigge

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 17/12/2018 18:24, Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus wrote: The suggestions could be. 1. Add unit to uses clause that does define that class. Cody, invoke "Identifier dictionary" (one key press), select correct entry from list (up/down keys), hit return -- __

Re: [Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Werner Pamler via lazarus
I'd turn these features off in the same way I turn off most of the features when the IDE pretends to be able to guess what I am thinking. What if my fingers are too slow and I type "TChekbox" instead of "TCheckbox"? According to your idea the IDE will pollute my source code and add the skeleton

[Lazarus] Extending the IDE auto-coding functionality

2018-12-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys via lazarus
Hi, [this is not a rant or talking any product down] Having spent some recent months with Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA developing in Java, and now coming back to Lazarus and Delphi, I've come to the realisation how far behind Lazarus and Delphi IDE's are with assisting the developer. [I know Eclipse