Script Editor Autocomplete Optional?

[J. Landman Gay]

Don't feel bad, the requests for autocomplete have been constant over the 
years and I think far more people will want it than not. For myself, I'm at 
the far end of minimalism, I don't even use script colorization. Anything 
that distracts my eye gets turned off. I had the same problem with the new 
handler list suggestions because they interrupted my spacial memory of 
where in the list my own handlers should be.

I do think I might use it on those occasions when I can't remember a term, 
which usually happens with newly introduced features. The suggestion to put 
a quick toggle into the contextual menu is very tempting for that reason. 
Another reason for a toggle is to turn it on while writing new scripts and 
toggle it off when debugging or editing existing ones.

This isn't an issue for me of "not liking change", I enthusiastically 
embraced the new bracket completion. It's just a visual distraction issue, 
which I don't deal with very well for some physical reasons.

--
Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On September 14, 2017 1:14:55 AM Monte Goulding via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> While it’s all a little disheartening that some people’s first response to 
> your work is please turn it off I have a PR that lets you do that here:
>
> https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1739 
> <https://github.com/livecode/livecode-ide/pull/1739>
>
>> On 14 Sep 2017, at 4:10 pm, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Personally I don't want Script Editor Autocomplete at all: I'd rather stand
>> or fall by my own light, so the ability to turn this off is a MUST as far 
>> as I am
>> concerned.
>>
>> Richmond.
>>
>> On 9/13/17 11:41 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>>> On 9/13/17 1:34 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering, if I find I don’t like the
>>>> new Script Editor Autocomplete function
>>>> because I find it too distracting, can I turn
>>>> it off?  I think the ability to turn it off might
>>>> be important to some people.
>>>
>>> I'd like an option like that too, I'm a minimalist.
>>>
>>
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