[Gambas-devel] The new editor

[Ron Onstenk]

On Tuesday 25 July 2006 23:31, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On Thursday 20 July 2006 04:20, Ron Onstenk wrote:
> > I want to tell my experience with the new editor.
> >
> > 1) Selecting text in the editor
> >   When I go to the firstline column 0 and drag the mouse DOWN
> >   for the lines to mark, the marked text is highlighted.
> >   Sometimes the marked highlight disappears NOT on mouse up.
The highlight disappears on mouse UP

> >
> >   When I go to the lastlineline column 0 and drag the mouse UP
> >   for the lines to mark, the marked text is highlighted.
> >   Sometimes the marked highlight disappears STAY on mouse up.
The highlight do not disappear on mouse UP

> >
> >   For me the safe way is drag mouse UP but by instinct you do DOWN.
> >   (upto .32 I had it, .33 cant say for 100% by using it to short)
  (upto gambas2.1.9.32 I had it, gambas2.1.9.33 cant say for 100% by using 
  it to short)

> 
> I didn't understand what you are talking about. You are making sentences with 
> too many verbs!
Other verbs?

> 
> >
> > 2) Double click on a word highlighted the word in the past.
> >   example text:
> >   Public Sub TextBox1_Click()
> >
> >   In the past double click on the character B did highlight 'TextBox1'
> >   and on character i highlight 'Click'
> >   Now it does not matter wich character i use, 'TextBox1_Click' is
> > highlighted. Why this click? Well I want to use Find to see howmany times
> > 'TextBox1' and where it is used to determine it makes sense to replace by
> > more correct name and how much will change if done.
> >   I have to strip _Click
> 
> It's because I wanted double click to select a full identifier. Maybe the 
> double-click could behave differently if you press CTRL or ALT or SHIFT?
Good suggestion but use the double click for word and SHIFT for full identifier.
The behaviour stay as it always have been and the SHIFT match the multi select 
behaviour with the controls (listview, columnview, treeview and listbox) in gambas
and the controls of KDE, i.e. the message list in Kmail.


> 
> >
> > 3) The completion.
> >   It is to aggressive for me.
> >   Also it tries to many times to help me by being smart and complete the
> >   word with more then is good.
> >
> >   i.e. the name he looks up is 'pri'
> >   I have a variable/function printdata
> >   after 'pri' the 'printdata' comes up but not 'print'
> >   Now I have two way to continue.
> >   Click on 'printdata' and backspace to 'print', add a dot . and the
> > property Size I want. The completion makes 'printdata.Size'
> >   Or I stay type 'i' 'n' 't' and '.'  going on with 'S' and completion
> > shows 'Size' accepting this and get?
> >   yes again 'printdata.Size'
> >   Is here priority for user declared names and then forget the component
> > names at all? Also seen doubles with _Dim Varia as string_ and
> > _varia="pipo"_
> 
> Tell me if it is better with 1.9.35.
OK then I wait for 1.9.35 and skip 1.9.34 :(

> 
> Regards,
>