[MonoDevelop] Visual Studio style code completion

[matt]

That's exactly what I would like.

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:24:58PM -0500, Stephen Roller wrote:
> I know how to implement this feature, and I fully intend on doing so,
> but I wanted to ask a question first.
> 
> In order to give the user a choice between vs.net autocompletion and
> sharpdevelop completion, I thought it would make sense to have the user
> make the choice here:
>   Edit -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> General
>   Fork 'General Options' to 'General Options' and 'Code completion'
>   General Options would still contain cold folding and double buffering
>   Code Completion would have the following options:
>        Use Sharpdevelop style code completion
>        Use Visual Studio.net style code completion
>        Do not use code completion
> 
> I would no longer save the setting in "EnableCodeCompletion."  Instead,
> I would use "CodeCompletionStyle" and possible values would be
> 	sharpdevelop
> 	visualstudio
> 	none
> 
> Suggestions?  Anything I'm missing?  I'm eager to add these options to
> Monodevelop, but wanted to get other's opinions before I write these
> patches.  This is my first contribution to any open source project, so I
> hope you understand my need for approval.
> 
> --Stephen
> 
> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 19:45, matt wrote:
> > I would also like this feature very much.
> > 
> > --Matt
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:54:55PM -0400, Stephen Roller wrote:
> > >      I've just recently started learning C# on both .Net and Mono.  I've
> > > been using VS.net 2002 for .Net and Monodevelop for Mono.  I'm
> > > finding that the Mono project is very exciting and I'm looking
> > > forward to seeing all the developments.
> > >      While using Monodevelop, I noticed it has one very different behavior
> > > from VS.net.  When using code completion in visual studio, any
> > > non-letter/numeric/underscore character except escape will cause an
> > > auto-completion and that character written.  Tab and enter simply
> > > cause auto-completion.  Monodevelop only autocompletes when you press
> > > enter.  I personally prefer the Visual Studio way over the
> > > Monodevelop/Sharpdevelop way.
> > >      The solution I propose is to have an option for a developer to choose
> > > between Sharpdevelop and Visual Studio style autocompletion.  The
> > > default would be Sharpdevelop style, but any developer migrating from
> > > a Windows platform could use the second option.
> > >      I know this is not considered a 'major bug' or anything like that,
> > > but it is one of those little things that makes a program better.
> > > I've already started looking at source code to see where I would make
> > > the changes necessary.
> > >      Is anyone interested in this behavior?  Should I go ahead an finish
> > > my patches or wait for someone else to code it?
> > > 
> > > --Stephen Roller
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