begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 07:41:26PM -0700: > Gabriel Sechan wrote: > > [snip] > >BS. I deal with a lot of C code- most of it uses good variable > >names, many of which were written without autocomplete. I refuse to > >use any editor with autocomplete, its the most annoying, pain in the > >ass feature ever dreamed up. I'd like to meet the guy who thought of > >it, so I could beat him for it. > > Um, why? > > If you don't want autocomplete, it just sits there unused. If you do > want it, it's there when you hit the activation sequence (<tab>, > <alt>-K, etc.). What's the issue?
Some of the GUI editors offer up "autocomplete" with an emphasis on the "auto"... as you're typing along, the editor detects a prefix, and pops up a dialog box or otherwise "helpfully" completes your typing for you. Often, it's wrong, but that's not a concern if you're not a touch-typist. If you're slow, I imagine you'd learn to type just the first few characters of a token, and then select from the choice(s) provided. (This isn't just in code -- web-browser and word-processors try to be helpful in this way, with much the same effect: immense frustration and anger in some folks, and pathetic gratitude in others.) If you need an activation sequence, I, at least, no longer consider it *auto*complete. I'd buy "token-completion" as a description, however. -- Tab is a great activation key, I must say, at least so far to date. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
