Completion features in R console

[Stefan Rödiger [GMX]]

On 04.05.20 22:03, Thomas Friedrichsmeier wrote:
> Hi!
hi
>
> Am Mon, 04 May 2020 17:56:44 +0000
> schrieb Stefan Rödiger :
>> Hi. I am using it.
>> No issues so far.
> Good. How do you feel about behavior of the enter key? Esp. when typing
> something like
>   somevar <- 1 + anothervar
> where completion would pop up for anothervar. I am wonderding whether
> I should make it that if you press enter, while the completion dialog
> is active, but nothing is actually completed (because you have already
> finished typing "anothervar"), the command will be run?
>
> Or would this be too confusing?

I think this would be confusing. If nothing is completed, then nothing
should happen (except a completion or abortion).

>
> Regards
> Thomas

Regards

Stefan

>
>> I am indifferent about the dialog. Works for me (TM).
>>
>> Regards
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> On May 2, 2020 10:35:03 AM UTC, Thomas Friedrichsmeier
>> <thomas.friedrichsmeier at ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I have just finished merging the 0.7.1 script editor code completion
>>> / code hinting features into the console window. You'll find this in
>>> master and / or the upcoming daily builds.
>>>
>>> While this makes the console look a bit less like a regular
>>> text-only R console window, it removes a bunch of duplicate code in
>>> our codebase, and I find I more usable, myself. If you disagree, now
>>> is your time to speak up!
>>>
>>> Also, if you have some time, please take a look at the code
>>> completion related settings in Settings->Configure RKWard->(Script
>>> editor / Console). I'm not entirely happy with the layout and
>>> readability of these options, but I don't have a good idea on what
>>> exactly to improve, ATM.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Thomas