Re: Hints and 'anchors'

From: RA (robert_ankka_at_hotmail.com.invalid)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:53:47 +0200

"Rob Kennedy" <me3@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:328oo4F3ha5caU1@individual.net...

> you're talking about. The code completion I know does not appear in a hint
> window. It appears in a list box, so you can use the arrow keys or the
> mouse to select which identifier you want the IDE to insert for you. Turn
> off code completion with the "code completion" setting. Activate it
> manually with Ctrl+Space.

Ok, this list box is ok and useful and it disappears when the Code
Completion is turned off.

> Code parameters appear in a hint window. They are controled by the "code
> parameters" setting, as I mentioned yesterday.

Ok, let's see if these are the nasty ones. They are light yellow and of a
size of a 'landscape' stamp. For more they stick to their place, cover my
code and do not disappear easily like normal tool top hints. You think these
are those Parameter hints?

> The other hints that appear sometimes are controled by the "tooltip symbol
> insight" setting. THey appear when you pause the cursor over an
> identifier. Delphi will display the identifier's full name, its
> classification (type, var, const), and where it's declared (file name and
> line number).

They are also ok and their form is normal hint form: long and low,
containing usually only one line.

> My only other guess is that your version of Delphi has something like
> Microsoft Word's AutoComplete feature, which displays words and phrases in
> hints above your text as you type -- type "Dec" and it will suggest
> "December"; press Enter to accept the suggestion. If that's the case, then
> someone with a later Delphi version than I have will need to take over;
> version 5 has no such feature.

Yes, I have the version 7 and did not see phenomens like these before. Yes,
it is an 'AutoComplete' feature, but not like in Word: when I am writing
code the word 'Anchors' appears inside my code and I have not written any
'Anc'.
 

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