Re: Fwd: Auto-complete and Calltips in SQL Editor

2014-10-09 16:32 GMT+02:00 klo uo <klonuo(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Hi list,
>
> Initially I posted this message in general list, where I was suggested to
> use this list instead.
> This is the link to initial message: message
> <http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA-8Ld8vgnA4VRHQbuC72N9pQaeApf2YguxVXpEkHu-Bc1CkfA@mail.gmail.com>
>
> It was confirmed that pgAdmin uses Scintilla which has interface for
> calltip and auto-complete functions defined in:
>
> scintilla\src\CallTip.h
> scintilla\src\AutoComplete.h
>
> with simple implementation described in
>
> scintilla\doc\ScintillaUsage.html
>
> or full in SciTE editor.
>
>
> As implemented in SciTE these controls are evoked only if user provides
> calltip and auto-completion definitions (through *.api files) and user
> defines triggers for each action.
>
>
> These can be seen as helpers at least in these scenarios:
>
> - novice user learning SQL or PL/pgSQL
> - user learning PostgreSQL extension, like PostGIS
> - user manages own function
>
>
> I attached screenshots of these suggestions as they appear in SciTE.
>
>
>
Sorry, I forgot to follow on this. This seems interesting. I'd love to see
a patch for that :)

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