Hi

Interesanting new features to implement in source editor of Lazarus

See this url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmd6wLJ6ag And this url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IR5z_mtlBk to compare two methods

These characteristics were helping to write twice more rapid source code

-Autocompletion in real-time (no type Ctrl+Space)
-When type "begin", add "end;"
-When type "(" , add ")"
-When type "{" , add "}"

Thank you for reading

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2009/2/23 Lucas codedeep :

-Autocompletion in real-time (no type Ctrl+Space) -When type "begin", add "end;"

I did not watch the YouTube videos, but real-time auto-completion is already possible with Lazarus IDE. You simply need to enable it using your preferred method.

Add the following to your lazarus.dci file. Type "begin" and press ENTER, and the "end" will be added and the cursor indented to the correct position. To set this up via Lazarus IDE, go to: "Environment | Code Templates". I have built up a huge collection for myself over the years and also use the Macro feature which is very handy.

--------------[ lazarus.dci ]------------------
[begin | begin..end pair in realtime]
$(AttributesStart)
AutoOnLineBreak=true
RemoveChar=true
$(AttributesEnd)
begin
|
end
------------------[ end ]--------------------

-When type "(" , add ")" -When type "{" , add "}"

All these are already possible.

Regards,
- Graeme -

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Oh yes. Interesant feature but not same.... please see video.....

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Ohhhh

Impresinants features to lazarus code editor

-BlockCompletion
-SyncEdit
-Live Templates
-Inline Variable & Declare Variable
-Declare Field
-Extract ResourceString
-Find Unit
-Rename
-Extract Method
-Change Params

Refactoring tools menu to lazarus now.... je je je

This features and more present in Delphi 2007 or above

See in this url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky90Io32hLQ

Impressive 8)

Lucas wrote

-Autocompletion in real-time (no type Ctrl+Space)

This by far, is one of the most productive enhancements that any code editor can have. It is just amazing how fast you can code with this feature as well as reduce typo's.

See CNWizards for Delphi:
http://www.cnpack.org/index.php?lang=en

Their pack has such a feature and to boot, it's intelligent, taking into account how often you use a selection from the list as well as what was typed before invoking it.

I would love to see this in Lazarus.

While I am not against adding this to Lazarus, I would like to note that this is one
Delphi 2007 feature I actively do not like, and always turn off.

Hmmm. I didn't think Delphi had this feature. I'm talking about Code Insight/helper that shows suggestions as you type. I type "tstr" and TString, TSTringList, etc is shown. I had to use CNWizards to get this functionality.

Ah, then I misunderstood it too, I think the feature I talked about is called "living templates" or some such.

Can you share your live templates? Maybe we can add some to Lazarus?

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.

I just downloaded a snapshot of Lazarus 0.9.27 Beta to see this feature and it doesn't seems to be installed/enabled. How do I configure it?

Leonardo M. Ram?
Griensu S.A. - Medical IT C?rdoba
Tel.: 0351 - 4247979

Lee Jenkins escribi?:

Ah, OK. I have to tell you that I didn't take to live templates immediately either but they can be a real time saver. I even have a few that create entire units for me.

>> -Autocompletion in real-time (no type Ctrl+Space) While I am not against adding this to Lazarus,

ACK

I would like to note that this is one Delphi 2007 feature I actively do not like, and always turn off.

Most of the input features are helpful only to beginners, who never learned to type. People used to key-in with 10 fingers are only blocked by such features, and have to turn them all off.

DoDi

I just think that 10 finger typists with these tools could be equal to a 15 finger typists... :-)

I just think that 10 finger typists with these tools could be equal to a 15 finger typists... :-)

What's the benefit of using 15 fingers, at the speed of one?

DoDi

I'm a pretty fair typist having took it in school and did a lot of it even before I developed an interest in programming and for me, that feature still increases my code output tremendously. Not only that but since I don't have to do as much typing, I'm more apt to declare more self documenting variables and types as well.

I like being able to type "tobj" and hit enter to end up with TObjectList and a space after it to continue typing. Just my personal preference. :)

I like being able to type "tobj" and hit enter to end up with TObjectList and a space after it to continue typing. Just my personal preference. :)

It's okay when I can tell the IDE when I want some assistance. It's not okay when the IDE *means* that it should become active, and I have to inspect and correct what it did to me and my code :-(

DoDi

Agreed. The CNWizards version has a couple of settings that help such as the number of chars that must be typed before the popup occurs. Of course, if you just keep typing with pausing for x seconds/ms, the popup never occurs.

I like being able to type "tobj" and hit enter to end up with TObjectList and a space after it to continue typing. ?Just my personal preference. :)

How can you be sure that after hitting enter, you'll get TObjectList, rather than TObject? or TObjective? or TObjectionNotAcceptedMode?

The only answer is - you'll have to look at the screen and press Up/Down arrows, or any other way to control the completition. I'm pretty sure, that TObj list can be quite long :)

Also, you'll have to "swtich context of you brain work". Then you're typing "TObjectList" you just need to remember the word. But then you're trying to select the same word from the list, it's another kind of work for your brain - you need to recognize the word.

That can be really annoying and tiresome, because you always need to switch from one kind of brain work to another.

Paul Ishenin wrote

Can you share your live templates? Maybe we can add some to Lazarus?

No problem. I'm at home for a week, so when I am back at the office I'll go through them as pass on what I think is relevant. Most are probably more related to tiOPF based code.

Regards,
- Graeme -

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http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/

Lee Jenkins wrote

Ah, OK. I have to tell you that I didn't take to live templates immediately either but they can be a real time saver. I even have a few that create entire units for me.

I have similar templates but for Lazarus. Most work with tiOPF or fpGUI based projects. I even have some complicated ones that use the clipboard to generate classes and associated list classes with all overloaded methods populated for me. All from typing a single word, cit it to the clipboard, type 3-4 abbreviated letters and pressing Ctrl+J. :-)

Regards,
- Graeme -

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fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit
http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/