Bug 380679

Summary: Disable hints / auto-completion in comments
Product: [Applications] rkward Reporter: RKWard Team <rkward-devel>
Component: generalAssignee: RKWard Team <rkward-devel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: All   
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Description RKWard Team 2006-11-12 15:11:51 UTC 
-- Originally posted by (AT sourceforge.net): *anonymous --

-- This ticket was imported from http://sourceforge.net/p/rkward/bugs/13 on 2017-05-30 15:26:36 +0100 --
Hi Thomas,

I like these new features:

\*function argument hinting in the console and script
editor 
\* as you type completion of R symbol names in the
script editor 
\* tab completion of R symbol names in the console

but can they be temporarily disabled when the user
types \# or \#\# to start writing a comment? I think
having the popups when I am writing code comments is
more disturbing than helpful. Example: 

I &lt;- diag\(3\) \# making identity matrix

box pops up after "ma" in making, "id" in identity, and
"ma" in matrix giving all sorts of options that I am
not interested in when just writing comments.

Thanks,
Ben Goodrich \(same email if you have questions\)-- Labels: user interface --
Comment 1 Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2006-11-15 12:23:02 UTC 
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Fix in development version.

I only disable symbol name completion, and only in the script editor. In the console, completion has to be requested explicitely using Tab, so it should not interfere. Function argument hinting only gets triggered by existing function names followed by an opening brace, so in the vast majority of cases, you really are trying to write a function call \(even if it is commented\), then.

Leaving bug report open until the next version is released.
Comment 2 Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2006-11-15 12:23:02 UTC 
- **assigned_to**: nobody --> tfry
- **status**: open --> open-fixed
Comment 3 Thomas Friedrichsmeier 2006-12-04 17:41:10 UTC 
- **status**: open-fixed --> closed-fixed