Geany has many features to help the programmer. Among these are autocompletion
and definition popup features. These same tools are tantelizingly close to
being useful for another strict syntax problem for writing/using a Closed
Vocabulary.
Right now, Geany will present a popup list of options using the autocomplete
scheme Complete Word, but only once that vocabulary is already present within
the file. Even if the complete "for all words in a document" option is off,
Geany doesn't look elsewhere for a list of predetermined words. It's the user
experience equivalent of a non-closed vocabulary--anything goes.
It's possible to define autocomplete Snippets; however, these are only useful
when what you're expanding is longer than the keyword. And, to get the benefit
of Snippet substitution, you need to know the exact keyword--no hints.
Can anything be done with plugins to change how Geany searches for words under
the Complete Word process?
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I don't see it's possible within the application currently. Unless there's
something I've missed, which is completely possible. I've not used Geany for
programming yet (kinda used to vim). I have been using it as a default text
editor when in Xwindows, because it's really fast and has some nice features.
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Chris Simon
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