[MonoDevelop] Autocomplete behavior question

[IBBoard]

Personally, I'd say yes and no. The idea makes sense in theory, because 
you're using the insert/overwrite status to determine whether to 
insert/overwrite. However, I almost always want the overwrite behaviour 
for completion (which I think Eclipse indicates it is going to do by 
highlighting or selecting the text it is about to wipe as well) but I 
want my typing to insert. On the odd occasion when I don't want to 
overwrite then I just make sure I have a space in the way.

Regards,

IBBoard


On 07/03/11 07:05, Mike Krüger wrote:
> Hi
>
> How about using the 'overwrite' mode of the caret for this ? When the
> overwrite mode is on the identifier is replaced, when it's off it's not ?
>
> Regards
> Mike
>> The other option, which Eclipse supports, is to have a toggle in the
>> preferences for "overwrite" or "don't overwrite" when you're in that
>> situation. That gives the best of both worlds for those who want it to
>> work in specific ways (i.e. always want an overwrite when the cursor has
>> text to the right of it, or always insert even when the cursor has text
>> to the right of it).
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