Looking for an IMPORTANT feature ...

Tobias Kalbitz SCFKyle at web.de
Thu Jan 3 14:54:02 UTC 2002


Hi Loy,

Loy wrote:

>Hi!
>
>First, great work on KDevelop!
>
>I don't know if this feature is already present (if
>so, tell me how to enable it on version x.x :) but if
>not, I would like to know WHEN would this be
>implemented (if not, please tell me why):
>
>A TOOLTIP will appear pertaining to anything relevant
>(parts/components within and is accessible by the
>program/project) to what the coder is typing/coding,
>such as:
>-> If the coder is accessing (typing '.' , '->' or
>'::') a structure or a class, a tooltip will show a
>list of all the member variable-function of that
>struct/class;
>-> if a function is being typed (or the mouse is
>hovering over a function statement), a tooltip will
>show the syntax/declaration of that function (or a
>list for global/local functions and overides).
>-> though optional, the tooltip can act as an
>autocomplete.
>
This feature that you describe is code completion. It's included in 
KDevelop 3 (Gideon) for PHP and C++. For PHP is this done from Sandy 
Meier and for C++ from Victor Röder and other.

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