[Eric] Auto-complete selection keyshortcut

Detlev Offenbach detlev at die-offenbachs.de
Fri Dec 19 09:52:37 GMT 2008


On Freitag, 19. Dezember 2008, Alex Mandel wrote:
> Sure, in a few hours when I get a chance to log out of that machine and
> load XFCE I'll test to confirm. Should I post to the list or is there
> bug you want me to update, or someone to email directly?

There should be a thread in the qscintilla mailing list. You may send the 
infor directly to Phil Thompson of Riverbank Computing 
(phil at riverbankcomputing.com).

>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> > On Freitag, 19. Dezember 2008, Alex Mandel wrote:
> >> Hmm, yes and now that I think of hit I seem to recall it working under
> >> XFCE.
> >>
> >> What's the deal?
> >
> > QScintilla autocompletion and userlists seem to have a problem with the
> > way Gnome handles them (probably some window manager hints). Phil has it
> > on the todo list but would like to get some indication, if it works with
> > other window managers using pure GTK (I think XFCE does). Can you report
> > your results to him?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Detlev
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> Detlev Offenbach wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> are you using the Gnome desktop?
> >>>
> >>> Detlev
> >>>
> >>> On Freitag, 19. Dezember 2008, Alex Mandel wrote:
> >>>> I did notice a thread on this a few months back, but the solution
> >>>> doesn't seem to exist.
> >>>>
> >>>> When using auto-complete a box opens with the possible matches. The
> >>>> only way to use this box seems to be to use the mouse to either select
> >>>> the word you want or to click out and close the box. Arrow keys do not
> >>>> work, enter, tab, alt, ctrl, space or any combination of these keys
> >>>> does nothing.
> >>>>
> >>>> None of the keyboard shortcuts related to auto complete do anything
> >>>> other than open an auto complete window. How do I use the keyboard to
> >>>> select the match I want?
> >>>>
> >>>> The previous article I saw said something about a select command in
> >>>> the keyboard shortcuts but I can't find one that even looks remotely
> >>>> close.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Alex
> >>>>
> >>>> Linux, installed from 4.2.4a sourceforge download
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