[MonoDevelop] Code Completion in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

[Jacob Ilsø Christensen]

Hi.

Have you tried running MonoDevelop from the command line? Is anything
output when you type a dot?

/Jacob

On 9/12/06, Firebird <dphoenix at skynet.be> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem using code completion in MonoDevelop with Ubuntu 6.06.
> This problem was also reported in August by two other Ubuntu users in
> this thread:
> http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/monodevelop-list/2006-August/004407.html.
>
> Someone suggested in the thread that a small error such as a missing ';'
> might be the cause, but even something very simple will not work. For
> example, creating a new Console project generates this code:
>
> // project created on 12/09/2006 at 22:12
> using System;
>
> namespace Test
> {
>     class MainClass
>     {
>         public static void Main(string[] args)
>         {
>             Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
>         }
>     }
> }
>
> Typing 'Console.' or 'System.' or anything similar will not display the
> code completion window. Typing 'using ' will display the code completion
> window with Microsoft, System and Test but typing 'using Microsoft.',
> 'using System.', etc.  will not work either. It also doesn't work in
> other projects (e.g. typing 'Application.', 'app.', ...) in a new GTK#
> project. It seems that it just won't work after typing a dot.
>
> The 'code completion' checkbox in preferences is checked - I also tried
> removing the CodeCompletion directory in ~/.config/MonoDevelop and the
> ~/.config/MonoDevelop directory itself, but that didn't make any
> difference except for the .pidb files being rebuilt.
>
> I tested this with both the 'old' MonoDevelop version in the Ubuntu repo
> (0.10-0pre1ubuntu6) and the latest version, 1.1.17.1. It's possible that
> this will be fixed with the upcoming Ubuntu Edgy release or with a 6.06
> re-install, but I thought it may be important to mention :). Of course,
> any suggestions or ideas to try out are more than welcome.
>
> Regards,
> Firebird.
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