RE: [ jEdit-users ] plugin updates

[Jamie L. <ja...@ea...>]

>Jamie LaScolea wrote:
>>
>> howdy,
>> theres seems to be a bug with codeaid. WINNT4, jdk1.3
>> selecting from the popup after typing a "." works correctly,
>using TAB, but
>> trying to select from the popup after typing a "(" does not. i
>cannot select
>> the method with either the keyboard OR the mouse.
>>
>> looks great though!

Slava wrote:
>This is not a bug. Why the hell would you want to insert a method
>*prototype* into the buffer anyway?
>
>Andre, don't change this behaviour.

well first of all, there is another minor issue with it. when it does popup,
the list does not have focus unless you hit TAB first, where with the other
popup, all you need to do is hit an arrow key for the list to gain focus.
and second of all, why the "hell" would i want to insert a method
*prototype* anyway? lets look at a scenerio where i am stubbing out some
code in a quick manner, and know that i want to use a method that takes a
String (or maybe i don't know what type i would like to use yet), but don't
know which string (in the code) yet. so the options popup when i press "(",
showing me the available methods, and since i am only stubbing out code, i
choose "method( String )" (only the type) so that during my next iterative
development step, i know that i need a String and not a char[]. i can see
where it may have uses, so why limit ourselves to one development style? if
we at least ad that ability, which i wouldn't think to be to difficult,
people who want to use it can, and people who don't, don't need to.

just my $.02

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