Package for auto completion?

> Rick Flower wrote:
>> Hi all.. I was reading about a package available on Squeak called  
>> eCompletion
>> and was wondering if something like that is available for VW 7.x?  It  
>> looks like
>> a nice feature to have, but I wasn't able to find anything obvious in  
>> the Cincom
>> public store..  Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
> I should mention that I did find the Autocompletion package but it seems  
> like it's not
> exactly what I'm looking for -- I'd like one that will know about what  
> messages and
> intstance variables are applicable and use those as hints, up and down  
> the class hierarchy
> of the object I'm working on.
>
> -- Rick

> Having said that and given that I spend much time coding in the
> debugger what I have wondered may be do-able is to have
> auto-completion in the debugger that can get hints from the current
> runtime context i.e. in a debugger:
>
>     customer := Customer new.
>     customer (start auto-completion here)
>
> where the auto-completer could back up to the previous token and
> discern what object it is and provide auto-completion choices based on
> that.

> Charles A. Monteiro wrote:
>> I am not familiar with the eCompletion package in Squeak.
> Nor am I.. I saw it used on a Video I saw made up for Seaside.. It  
> looked pretty cool to use..
>>
>> The Aragon goodies also has Auto-completion and I find it much  
>> smoother, cleaner looking but it is not smart enough to use the current  
>> context, however it is very fast.
>>
>> I can't code without it.
> Cool.. I'll check it out.. Thanks!
>>
>> I am also unsure how much better using the current browser context for  
>> hints can be. I am not always sending messages to "self" which is where  
>> the current context is helpful and since we don't "type" in Smalltalk ,  
>> there are no other hints to be gleaned, unless I'm missing something.
> I was only thinking (and perhaps Smalltalk doesn't have this much  
> context info available -- I've got no idea) that IF you know the object  
> that you're working with, you would know who its derived from and who  
> that class is derived from, etc.. Essentially making up a list of  
> possible messages that object can take -- both local messages (messages  
> specific to that sub-classed class) as well as messages it inherits as  
> part of the class lineage.  Again, I'm not sure if this information can  
> be gleaned, but it would be pretty cool!  This is essentially the same  
> sort of thing that a (smart) C++ editor can do when you type "Obj." or  
> "Obj->"  and it has a finite list of methods that can be called based on  
> the class hierarchy.
>> Having said that and given that I spend much time coding in the  
>> debugger what I have wondered may be do-able is to have auto-completion  
>> in the debugger that can get hints from the current runtime context  
>> i.e. in a debugger:
>>
>>     customer := Customer new.
>>     customer (start auto-completion here)
>>
>> where the auto-completer could back up to the previous token and  
>> discern what object it is and provide auto-completion choices based on  
>> that.
> That would be pretty cool too!
>
> -- Rick

> Rick:
>
> The browser basically knows what your context is and so it is easy to
> climb up the hiearchy tree but again that is only helpful if you are
> looking for selector choices for "self". So even if we did this, what
> should the "usage" policy be ? Do we show these first on the drop down
> list ? How do we switch to looking for the "rest of the world".
>
> As it stands the Aragon completer is pretty smooth , type, hit "shift
> - space bar" , keep typing , enter or even grab with mouse. I have not
> checked the other completers in a while but last I checked they were
> clunkier for sure.
>
> BTW, do you have a link to the eCompletion/Seaside video?
>