On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm forever doing this for dir(c) dir(p) dir(g) ... >> g.es(len(dir(c))) >> reports 538 > > This is precisely the problem that Leo's autocompleter was designed to > solve, and *does* solve. > > - Enable autocompletion: Alt-1 > > - Type c.! > > You will see the 538 possibilities, or however many they are. Perhaps > this is a little daunting at first, but after a little while you will > begin to use the following:: > > c.in<tab> or > p.in<tab> > > when you want to insert a node, or:: > > c.del<tab> or > p.del<tab> > > when you want to delete a node, or:: > > c.move<tab> or > p.move<tab> > > when you want to move a node. > > In all the above examples, the list of possibilities is short. I > *always* enable calltips, so Leo will remind you of the valid > arguments after you type '('.
I have turned on calltips and autocompletion, enter the following: c.app.config.getData( autocompletion guides me to that point, but I'm not getting help with arguments. Thanks, Kent > > The learning curve is easy, provided you actually *do* use the > autocompleter that several of us have worked so long to get right. > > Another thread discusses how to learn Leo's API, so I won't discuss > here the differences between commander methods c.insertHeadline() vs. > position methods: p.insertAfter(). > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
