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.