[Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It gets those from the sources or even fpdoc. Is there any reason why the object inspector would not be able to offer the same hints ? Properties and events are also just identifiers after all. Michael. --

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It gets those from the sources or even fpdoc. Is there any reason why the object inspector would not be able to offer the same

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread michael . vancanneyt
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It gets those from the sources or even fpdoc. Is there any reason why the object

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Howard Page-Clark
On 30/4/12 9:23, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneytmich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It gets those from the sources or even fpdoc. Is there any reason why the object inspector

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:50:30 +0100 Howard Page-Clark h...@talktalk.net wrote: On 30/4/12 9:23, Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneytmich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Hans-Peter Diettrich
Howard Page-Clark schrieb: Right click on OI: enable Show hints There is also the (optional) OI information box which displays limited documentation. However, it is often very limited. e.g. TControl.OnClick Event Handler for mouse click which hardly aids a programmer looking for more

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Howard Page-Clark
On 30/4/12 11:54, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: Howard Page-Clark schrieb: What's the use of such additional information in OI? You can let the OI create the event handler for you, no need to bother with parameters here. For people who use a stable release all the time, set up according to

Re: [Lazarus] Object inspector hints ?

2012-04-30 Thread Richard Mace
On 30 April 2012 09:23, Mattias Gaertner nc-gaert...@netcologne.de wrote: On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:03:41 +0200 (CEST) Michael Van Canneyt mich...@freepascal.org wrote: Hi, The lazarus code editor shows tooltip hints about identifiers; It gets those from the sources or even fpdoc.