[QScintilla] Trying to get auto-completion without call-tips

[Phil Thompson]

On Friday 04 May 2007 11:24 pm, Kor de Jong wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> According to the docs of QsciAPIs (2-snapshot-20070304):
>
> "All function names are used by auto-completion, but only those that
> include function parameters are used in call tips."

ie. that include parentheses.

> This is not my exprerience though. In my application I would like to use
> the Qscintilla feature for auto-completion, but provide my own call-tips
> once a function is selected. In the language my app needs to support the
> argument list of functions is relatively complex and I want to do special
> call-tip processing.
>
> I configure a QsciAPIs object with only function names, an empty argument
> list and a dummy description, like this:
>
> "foo()blabla"
>
> This results in a auto-completion list, but also with a call-tip once the (
> is typed. At that time the call-tip provided by Qscintilla overlaps the one
> provided by my app.
>
> Removing the description didn't help.
>
> Is there another way to have auto-completion but no call-tips?

Try just "foo".

Phil