Steve, AFL Editor is due to some big changes that you will see pretty soon.
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "scourt2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:04 PM Subject: [amibroker] Re: Ctrl+Space Auto completion > > There's only one thing I don't like about that AFL Editor: > > When you type something, if it doesn't match any keywords or > functions, then the AFL Editor should put your capitalization back > the way it originally had found it. > > For example, if I type ema20 = ema(20), this is what happens: > > EMA20 = EMA(20) > > What should have happened was this: > > As I type the first e-m-a, the editor capitalizes that to EMA, > anticipating that I'm going to type a '(' next. But, since I type > a '2' next, the edtitor does NOT uncapitalize the 'ema' part of my > variable name. My intention was to have ema20. If I wanted to look > at my code as EMA20, I would have capitalized it myself. If I want > it to remain 'ema20', then I have to use the left-arrow key and > change EMA -> ema and it will work because the 20 is after it > already. What a mess. > > I realize that the AFL code is case insensitive and it's not a > problem to actually running the code, but the editor should never > change how I want the case usage of my variables. > > And also, same kind of thing if I start a variable with the > letters 'o', 'h', 'l', 'c', 'v', etc. etc. > > The editor just needs to be a little bit smarter about this, that's > all. I think everyone on this list has learned to live with > this 'feature', but, in all honesty, it's bad design and should be > fixed. > > [Note to board: I love this product. I only say these things to > help make it even better.] > > Steve > > > --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_afledit.html >> >> Best regards, >> Tomasz Janeczko >> amibroker.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "murthysuresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 12:12 AM >> Subject: [amibroker] Ctrl+Space Auto completion >> >> >> >I did not know that Ctrl+ Space did auto completion in teh afl > editior. >> > 1 new stuff learned today. >> > >> > >> > >> > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. >> > >> > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to >> > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com >> > >> > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: >> > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ >> > >> > For other support material please check also: >> > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > For other support material please check also: > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
