[MonoDevelop] Visual Studio style code completion

Todd Berman tberman@off.net
Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:02:57 -0400


On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 21:44 -0400, matt wrote:
> 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.
> > 

Having read the email, and looked at the issue, lets just go with what
you are calling 'visualstudio' code completion through and through. The
options should stay the same, just the code completion style will
change. When you have a working patch that you would like reviewed,
please file a bug at http://bugzilla.ximian.com and attach your patch.

--Todd