On Monday 11 November 2013 00:07:54 Sieghard wrote: > Hallo Martin, > > Du schriebst am Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:47:30 +0100: > > Can you describe how "typing easy" with your editor program works so it > > is as easy to enter "cardinal32" as typing "card32"? > > Yes. It doesn't, as I don't _want_ to have such a feature. I _do_ want to > type myself, without interference from some well-meaning(ly designed) > automatism. > (But I know this stuff, from LibreOffice, e.g., where I was to lazy yet to > disable it. In LibreOffice, this is a "self-learning" automat that tries to > recognize already used words and phrases and to complete the partial entry > while you type. Usually, the suggested completions don't fit... > BTW, the Delphi IDE, at least some versions of it, offers a similar > feature, though I think to recall that it only offers predefined fixed > completions - just what would be of use here. After the completion is > displayed, you have to accept it before you type on, then you can add to > the word or use it as is. > I don't like this because it requires one to be _aware_ of the feature and > always be on the watch for a completion to accept [or reject] it, which I > find is more distracting than useful. But others might think different, > otherwise this feature wouldn't be offered, I suppose.) > I think the same. The first I do in any IDE is to switch off all autocompletion and other automatic stuff. So "card32" instead of "cardinal32" has a reason.
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