Re: [XNap-Commons-Devel] question for auto completion

[Felix B. <bf...@gm...>]

Hi Hongyi,

> I like the auto completion functionality in xnap, but the following example
> doesn't work for addPreviousWordCompletion() method.
> http://xnap-commons.sourceforge.net/tutorial/examples/CompletionExample.java

Yes, this example is commented out in CVS head, most likely because it
doesn't work perfectly. If you entry another letter after the initial
x, the completion dialog shows up. It looks like there is an
off-by-one error in the code.

> I want to develop an editor, I need the code completion like eclipse, e.g.
> when I press CTRL+Space, I will get a list to select. Can xnap achieve this?
> If can, who can give me a code snip

Feel free to extend or reuse the existing code and fix it, if it makes
sense to you. I think the realm of the completion support provided by
the XNap Commons library is more geared towards text fields
history-type completions. The support of JTextArea seems to not work
as well. Also, the CompletionModels only work if the data is available
immediately, there is no provision for asynchronously computing
possible completions.

Felix