From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PT Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cursor position in pixels Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:15:45 +0100 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1110986504 25084 80.91.229.2 (16 Mar 2005 15:21:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 16 16:21:44 2005 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBaEA-0003kp-Rh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:14:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBaUH-0004ep-BS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:31:09 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!in2p3.fr!proxad.net!ng2.exalead.com!w3bhost.de!aioe.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 46 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: WZn5pBrvi1cZvzE9pIlQDA.domitilla.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:14:27 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Win32, build 3865) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129314 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-MailScanner-To: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:24868 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:24868 On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:46:04 -0500, Eric Ludlam = = wrote: > > I'm not sure what you mean by > > "emacs support for a language and want to display suggestions for > the user in a pop up frame." > > but it could be that if you add support for semantic > (cedet.sf.net/semantic.shtml), even if you don't use the full parser > architecture, you could use the popup tooltip like support built into > that framework without having to figure out pixel positions. > Cedet/Semantic tries to provide smart completions at idle time. If > that's what you are looking to do, it may be a little easier, plus you= > would get a host of other useful features at the same time. Here's a screenshot of what I have in mind: http://www.monodevelop.com/images/screenshots/macosx.jpg So I'd like to popup a small frame listing the possible completions. As = = the user types more characters, the list is narrowed down to show the = remaining completions. If I go up/down in the list then a short = description of the highlighted item is shown immediately in a tooltip. I= f = the user presses F1 then he's taken to the complete documentation of the= = item (e.g. in a browser). I don't think Semantic provides the framework for all this, but correct = me = if I'm wrong. -- = Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/