Bug 127100

Summary:	check the savings of autocompleting -- do not list one-letter-more words
Product:	[Applications] kdevelop	Reporter:	Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component:	Code completion	Assignee:	kdevelop-bugs-null
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Maciej Pilichowski 2006-05-10 20:02:54 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.2)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Example: you have "const_iterator" and "const", at the list, you typed

cons|

in such case "const" should be removed from the list because no matter what you do it is always one keystrokes, so there is no savings if you wanted to type "const". But if the intention was "const_iterator" there is the saving since the list is much simpler and you can get to the given item faster (shorter list -- less keystrokes).

Comment 1 Jens Dagerbo 2006-05-10 20:10:33 UTC

I disagree.

While I agree it's the same amount of keystrokes, the showing of "const" has the added value of showing you that it is available.

Comment 2 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-05-10 20:19:26 UTC

> the showing of "const" has the added value of showing you that it is
> available.

In this example maybe it is not so clear but it is really annoying when you have the 10-items list when half of them are one-letter-more and you have to quickly find the real completion (longer) from such mess.

But I guess it is matter of individual preferences, so I change my wish from "do not list" to "please add an option for it" ;-)

Comment 3 Andreas Pakulat 2006-12-30 17:15:24 UTC

We won't fix this in 3.4.

Comment 4 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-12-30 17:23:16 UTC

Andres, wontfix means "never gonna happen" -- the 3.4 version is not the end of KDevelop, right? So wontfix does not fit here, I can only reopen this, so please close it with status "remind later".

Comment 5 Andreas Pakulat 2006-12-30 17:32:59 UTC

I do mean wontfix. We developers agree that this is not something we will do.

Comment 6 Maciej Pilichowski 2006-12-30 18:03:20 UTC

Ok, I was misguided by this "in 3.4".

Comment 7 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-01-08 18:18:26 UTC

The exactly same report but for Kate (word-completion):
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140803