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Re: IDL7 content-assist - I want lower case [message #58886 is a reply to message #58882]

Tue, 26 February 2008 09:09

Paul Van Delst[1]
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David Fanning wrote:
> Vince Hradil writes:
>
>> I like to have all lower case in my code (that's another debate). I
>> also like to use the "content-assist" (ctrl+space) to autocomplete my
>> keywords. However, if I use that, the keywords are upcased. I've
>> tried the setting all the "Window->Preferences->IDL->Editor-
>>> Formatting for content assist and code formatter" to lowercase for
>> all, but that doesn't do it. Any other ideas.
>
> For all the $@&%$ choices you're given, I have noticed
> the Workbench chooses to ignore a surprising number of them.
> If someone would just show me how to get four spaces when
> I hit the TAB key, I would be happy. :-(

Maybe, for historical reasons[*], all these Workbench Options are coded as "hints" that
can then be ignored?

:o)

(ducking as the IDL v5.4 paper manuals are thrown...)

cheers,

paulv

[*] widget sizing keywords, anyone? Like the documentation states: "This keyword is only a
'hint' to the toolkit and may be ignored in some situations."

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		Re: IDL7 content-assist - I want lower case By: Michael Galloy on Tue, 26 February 2008 10:59
		Re: IDL7 content-assist - I want lower case By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 26 February 2008 09:09
		Re: IDL7 content-assist - I want lower case By: David Fanning on Tue, 26 February 2008 07:51
		Re: IDL7 content-assist - I want lower case By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Thu, 28 February 2008 09:48

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