startfunc tip (autocomplete)

[VAVoices]

Hello, i have problem with tips after autocomplete

this works if there are no characters before the word

but it doesn’t work if you do it like this:

Is it possible to fix this?

P.S. I will also note that in this example, autocomplete works:

Thanks.

[PeterJones]

@VAVoices ,

It works for me

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<NotepadPlus>
	<AutoComplete>
		<Environment ignoreCase="yes" startFunc="(" stopFunc=")" paramSeparator="," terminal=";" />
		<KeyWord name="SSAO_Blend" func="yes">
			<Overload retVal="native static" descr="SSAOAPI.uc">
				<Param name="int Mode" />
			</Overload>
		</KeyWord>
	</AutoComplete>
</NotepadPlus>

What version of Notepad++ are you using? (?-menu, Debug Info, copy from there, paste to here)

Notepad++ v8.4.6   (64-bit)
Build time : Sep 25 2022 - 19:51:39
Path : C:\usr\local\apps\npp\npp.8.4.6.portable.x64\notepad++.exe
Command Line : 
Admin mode : OFF
Local Conf mode : ON
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit) 
OS Version : 20H2
OS Build : 19042.2130
Current ANSI codepage : 1252
Plugins : 
    mimeTools (2.8)
    NppConverter (4.4)
    NppExport (0.4)

[VAVoices]

@PeterJones said in startfunc tip (autocomplete):

It works for me

very strange

<Environment ignoreCase="no" startFunc="(" stopFunc=")" paramSeparator="," terminal=";" additionalWordChar="."/>
...
<KeyWord name="SSAO_Blend" func="yes">
<Overload retVal="native static" descr="...\Classes\SSAOAPI.uc">
<Param name="int Mode"/>
</Overload>
</KeyWord>
...

@PeterJones said in startfunc tip (autocomplete):

What version of Notepad++ are you using? (?-menu, Debug Info, copy from there, paste to here)

Notepad++ v8.4.6   (64-bit)
Build time : Sep 25 2022 - 19:51:39
Path : C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line : 
Admin mode : ON
Local Conf mode : OFF
Cloud Config : OFF
OS Name : Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) 
OS Version : 1903
OS Build : 18362.356
Current ANSI codepage : 1251
Plugins : 
    mimeTools (2.8)
    NppConverter (4.4)
    NppExport (0.4)

[Michael Vincent]

@VAVoices said in startfunc tip (autocomplete):

additionalWordChar=“.”/>

Note the difference from @PeterJones , you have:

additionalWordChar="."/>

in your <Environment ... /> tag. This could be the problem as counting . as a word character, I think you’ll actually need object.SSAO_Blend as a <KeyWord ... >.

Cheers.

[VAVoices]

@Michael-Vincent Yes, you are absolutely right. Removing additionalWordChar from Environment - everything works fine. Thanks.

[PeterJones]

@VAVoices ,

I had just finished confirming, and switched back over to my browser to reply when I saw @Michael-Vincent’s response.

Yes, when I have

<Environment ignoreCase="no" startFunc="(" stopFunc=")" paramSeparator="," terminal=";" additionalWordChar="." />

it won’t work. When I don’t have that attribute, it does work.
This is because if . is a word char, then object.SSAO_Blend does not match any of your KeyWord entries. If . is not a word char, then the word starts at the S and SSAO_Blend does match the KeyWord entry.

(And by the time I finished typing, you’d already read and confirmed. I’m slow.)

[VAVoices]

@PeterJones said in startfunc tip (autocomplete):

(And by the time I finished typing, you’d already read and confirmed. I’m slow.)

Don’t worry. Your hint was the first and contained the answer, I’m just inattentive and didn’t notice. Thanks to you, too.

[Michael Vincent]

@PeterJones said in startfunc tip (autocomplete):

I had just finished confirming

Thank you for actually testing my conjecture. Proof that it works and why is certainly more valuable than speculation.

Cheers.