Re: Auto-complete
Re: Auto-complete
- Subject: Re: Auto-complete
- From: Sam Carr <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:12:29 +0000
As far as I am aware, the auto-completion can easily be turned off in
XCode preferences, or set to only kick-in on a hot key, as you suggest.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your problem?
In the XCode prefs, look in the Navigation pane, on the left side. I've
turned off both "Automatically suggest matching option" and
"Automatically popup option list" and this means that I only get
completion when I hit cmd-. Having selected the completion, I can move
to the next parameter in the arg list with cmd-/. I don't think these
shortcuts are necessarily well publicised but they should do what you
want.
I have noticed that it can be a bit slow to suggest a completion - of
the order of several seconds on my 867MHz G4, but this is OK when you
only invoke it when you want.
Similarly useful tips that might not be well enough known is that you
can cmd double click any symbol to go to its definition (even if that's
in some Cocoa header) or option double click to see documentation for
it.
Sam
On 3 Dec 2003, at 13:10, Michael Cashwell wrote:
On Dec 2, 2003, at 6:13 PM, Daniel Hazelbaker wrote:
Question: Is there a way to turn off auto-complete and use a hotkey to
activate it? There are a number of times my computer will just
"pause"
trying to lookup a method name or something even though I did not
pause
waiting for it. This is a little annoying as when I am in a groove
it is
disturbing to type a full 4 words and not see anything while it is
looking
up a method name I have already passed 2 words ago. (so to speak).
If the answer is no, that would be a great feature. Most of the time
I know
the method name/parameters, but the rare occasions I need help it
would be
good to just hit a key and have it "do its thing."
I agree but would add another twist. What I'd like is for the lookup
to be on a non-UI thread and if any of several kinds of events occur
in the UI during a lookup then those events are handled and the lookup
is either refocused and restarted or silently stopped. Appropriate
events would be things like further keystrokes and mouse clicks, but
not mouse-moves.
The UI would thus remain responsive which seems to be the core of most
of the complaints I've read. And it would do it without making the
feature modal.
My $.02
-Mike
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