Re: [gedit-list] GtkSourceView Popup

[perriman <chuchiperriman gmail com>]

Thanks Paolo,

I will study and analize the design of the framework and when i finish
it then i make you knows.

Regards,
	Chuchi

El s� 17-03-2007 a las 11:20 +0100, Paolo Maggi escribi� Hi Chuchi,
> 	I thinks that this feature would be a very nice addition to gedit and
> gtksourceview.
> 
> I think we need a "autocompletion" framework that various autocompletion
> sources can use to suggest autocompletion items.
> 
> I think we need an interface "AutocompletionSource" that the various
> autocompletion sources must implement.
> 
> An autocompletion source registers itself with the document (or may be
> with the view, I still need to figure this point). When the document (or
> view) needs to obtain a list of possible autocompletion items, it
> queries all the autocompletion sources to build a list (note that we
> need some way to prioritize items).
> 
> If the list is longer than one, then an autocompletion popup is shown to
> the user.
> 
> I suggest you to first try to design such framework and post the design
> here for discussion.
> 
> Then we will figure how to implement it in such a way that will allow it
> to be first included in gedit and then, when it will be mature, to be
> moved to gtksourceview.
> 
> Ciao,
> Paolo
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2007-03-17 at 10:49 +0100, perriman wrote:
> > Hi all!!
> > 
> > I'm thinking in develop an autocompletion popup for GtkSourceView
> > (Perhaps GtkTextView). The idea is develop a popup that you can get it
> > various "loader" from externals application that provide it the
> > autocompletion items. There are two autocompletion types:
> > 
> > 1.- Automatic: Show automaitic autocompletion when the user writes three
> > letters. This is util for C symbols, python function names etc.
> > 
> > 2.- Manual autocompletion: The user press control+Return and we show the
> > popup. This is util for snippets etc.
> > 
> > There are two autocompletion ways:
> > 
> > 1.- Get autocompletion items when we show the popup and the listeners or
> > loaders filter its content before show the popup.
> > 
> > 2.- Get autocompletion all items when the loader is asigned to the
> > GtkSourceViewPopup, save the items in memory and the popup filter the
> > items when popup is shown.
> > 
> > 
> > What do you think about??
> > 
> > I'm trying to analize this GtkSourceView assistant to make it usable for
> > all applications and make easy to add new "loaders" to this.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 	Chuchi
> > 
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