Strange - it wasn't working for a project, but I quit and re-launched BBEdit, and now it it's working. Maybe it was because I had just changed the hotkey for completion? In any event, it's fine now. Thanks for the response.
-- Ed On Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 5:12:38 PM UTC-6, Rick Yentzer wrote: > > Hey Ed, > > I just tried this with a python document, and Bbedit is offering the > correct suggestion, and once I hit tab to accept, or enter, it fills in the > entire name > > I defined a simple function with a_really_long_name and it worked. > > Could it be your settings under Preferences/Completion: > > According to the manual (pg 225) it states: > > The Completion preferences control BBEdit’s text completion behaviors, > including both the completion popup and automatic insertion of delimiters, > which consist of parentheses, brackets, single and double quotes, *as > well as various language-specific elements*. > > If this doesn't work, send a help request. They're usually pretty quick to > respond. > > Thanks, > Rick > > On Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 9:56:31 AM UTC-5, Ed Leafe wrote: >> >> I write a lot of Python, and following the PEP8 standards, long variable >> names are written using underscores, such as >> *something_with_very_long_name*. But when working in BBEdit, if I type >> *some* and then press the hotkey for Edit/Complete, I don't get a match >> for the long name; the word *something* appears, which suggests that >> BBEdit is using underscore as a word delimiter. Is there any way to change >> this so that an underscore is treated like any other character? >> > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/24ef70c7-f414-400b-8544-9f1b1d4b906e%40googlegroups.com.
