MC 2.5 Script editor

[Ken Ray]

Personally, I like the approach that programs like Flash, Visual Basic and
Homesite do - you type a word as part of the command, hit space, and a
dropdown menu with the available options appears with none of the items in
the menu highlighted. You can continue to type (doing so removes the popup),
or you can use the up/down arrows to navigate the dropdown menu. As soon as
you type the first down-arrow key, the first entry in the dropdown is
highlighted; after that, you can type characters to jump to an entry, or
continue using the arrow keys to find the item you want. Type Tab (or Enter,
depending on the program) and it inserts it for you with the insertion point
in the proper spot ready to continue typing.

So for example, to do an "on openbackground", you'd type:

  o
  n
  (space) [dropdown appears]
  (down arrow) [highlights first item in the list - probably "arrowkey"]
  o [jumps to "openbackground"]
  (enter) [puts in "openbackground " after "on "

If you ever want to bail on the dropdown, you can hit Escape, and it will
disappear.

It's really cool...

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shari" <gypsyware at earthlink.net>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:39 AM
Subject: Re: MC 2.5 Script editor


> >What I'd really love is some sort of auto-complete for commands,
> >properties, functions, etc.  At the very least for commands, once
> >you've typed a "on " as the first characters of a line in the script
> >editor, if common commands and messages could show up after that
> >like they do in Internet Explorer, that would be great.
>
> Oooh, bad idea!
>
> As it is, I frequently have to delete on mouseUp/end mouseUps that
> get inserted into the middle of my handlers, presumably thru some key
> sequence.
>
> I'd hate to have to start deleting myriads of auto-inserted text.
>
>
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