[Pydev-users] [Users] RE: Code completion : Automatic vs. CTRL-Space

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The following forum message was posted by electrotype at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydev/forums/forum/293649/topic/3842254:

First, please let me thank you for PyDev. The editor I use is incredibly important
for me, it depends on it if coding is fun or not. I'm not even sure I would
have taken the decision to learn Python without PyDev. I tried almost all (Windows)
editors out there, and PyDev is the only one I found that works like I want
(working external debugging, evaluation tooltip when mouseovering a variable
while debugging, etc.).

For the code completion help, yes it is very important for me. The ideal settings,
in my opinion, would be like a lot of editors do. While typing the parameters
for a method call...

1) CTRL-SHIFT-SPACE: the required parameters are shown. It would also highlight
(make bold or something) the parameter required where your cursor is. If your
cursor is positionned after the first comma and you type those keys, the
[i]second[/i] parameter in the help is highlighted.

2) CTRL-SPACE: show available variables/constants, in current context. If you
type those keys while typing a variable name, let's say "myva" and hit the keys,
only the variables/constants beginning by "myva" are shown and can be selected.

I haven't found anything else I don't like in PyDev yet! Thanks again!