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Missing nice editor feature? [message #99147]

Fri, 26 September 2003 08:25

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: stromo.spamme.com

In SunOne there is a nice feature that i really miss in eclipse. When i
start typing a word and then press ctrl-L the SunOne editor searches the
current source for all words that have the same prefix as the text that i
just typed and suggests a completion. Pressing ctrl-L again displays the
next suggestion. This works even within comments so that if i refer to a
long variable name within a comment i can just type the first few letters
and then press ctrl-L to complete the word.

Is there a similar feature in eclipse?

- s

Re: Missing nice editor feature? [message #99157 is a reply to message #99147]

Fri, 26 September 2003 08:38

Eclipse User

There is a plugin that does that (not Ctrl+L, but Alt+/ , like in Emacs).
You can download it from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53485& amp;release_id=151563

Remember to run "Window->Reset perspective" after you restart eclise.

Genady

stromo wrote:

> In SunOne there is a nice feature that i really miss in eclipse. When i
> start typing a word and then press ctrl-L the SunOne editor searches the
> current source for all words that have the same prefix as the text that i
> just typed and suggests a completion. Pressing ctrl-L again displays the
> next suggestion. This works even within comments so that if i refer to a
> long variable name within a comment i can just type the first few letters
> and then press ctrl-L to complete the word.
>
> Is there a similar feature in eclipse?
>
> - s
>
>

Re: Missing nice editor feature? [message #99171 is a reply to message #99147]

Fri, 26 September 2003 08:38

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: daniel.megert.gmx.net

stromo wrote:

>In SunOne there is a nice feature that i really miss in eclipse. When i
>start typing a word and then press ctrl-L the SunOne editor searches the
>current source for all words that have the same prefix as the text that i
>just typed and suggests a completion. Pressing ctrl-L again displays the
>next suggestion. This works even within comments so that if i refer to a
>long variable name within a comment i can just type the first few letters
>and then press ctrl-L to complete the word.
>
>Is there a similar feature in eclipse?
>
>- s
>
>
>
Yes of course ;-) It's called Content Assist and the default key binding
to invoke it is Ctrl + Space

HTH
Dani

Re: Missing nice editor feature? [message #99186 is a reply to message #99171]

Fri, 26 September 2003 08:56

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: stromo.spamme.com

content assist does not do what i described. it only suggests strings that
are valid within the syntactic context, does not work within comments, and
does not return words that are present within comments.

- s

"Daniel Megert" <daniel.megert@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:bl1buc$gl7$1@eclipse.org...
> stromo wrote:
>
> >In SunOne there is a nice feature that i really miss in eclipse. When i
> >start typing a word and then press ctrl-L the SunOne editor searches the
> >current source for all words that have the same prefix as the text that i
> >just typed and suggests a completion. Pressing ctrl-L again displays the
> >next suggestion. This works even within comments so that if i refer to a
> >long variable name within a comment i can just type the first few letters
> >and then press ctrl-L to complete the word.
> >
> >Is there a similar feature in eclipse?
> >
> >- s
> >
> >
> >
> Yes of course ;-) It's called Content Assist and the default key binding
> to invoke it is Ctrl + Space
>
> HTH
> Dani
>

Re: Missing nice editor feature? [message #99202 is a reply to message #99157]

Fri, 26 September 2003 08:58

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: stromo.spamme.com

thanks for the info. i'll give it a test drive.

"Genady" <eclipse@genady.org> wrote in message
news:bl1btc$gq9$1@eclipse.org...
> There is a plugin that does that (not Ctrl+L, but Alt+/ , like in Emacs).
> You can download it from
>
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53485& amp;release_id=151563
>
> Remember to run "Window->Reset perspective" after you restart eclise.
>
> Genady
>
> stromo wrote:
>
> > In SunOne there is a nice feature that i really miss in eclipse. When i
> > start typing a word and then press ctrl-L the SunOne editor searches the
> > current source for all words that have the same prefix as the text that
i
> > just typed and suggests a completion. Pressing ctrl-L again displays
the
> > next suggestion. This works even within comments so that if i refer to
a
> > long variable name within a comment i can just type the first few
letters
> > and then press ctrl-L to complete the word.
> >
> > Is there a similar feature in eclipse?
> >
> > - s
> >
> >
>

Re: Missing nice editor feature? [message #99544 is a reply to message #99147]

Mon, 29 September 2003 02:45

Eclipse User

stromo wrote:
> Is there a similar feature in eclipse?
I posted a Request For Enhancement a long time ago, about this
particular feature... no takers yet (might want to dive into the source
some day :))

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28580

/matzon

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