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Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow@post.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

>>>>>> "polymedes" == polymedes  <polymedes@gmail.com> writes:
>
>     polymedes> I would like to use emacs for software development and I
>     polymedes> currently am learning it. I use the command "dabbrev-expand"
>     polymedes> (bound to M-/) to expand (autocomplete) funtion and variable
>     polymedes> names. But how can I see the function definition _while_ I'm
>     polymedes> typing ?
>
>     polymedes> In all IDEs when you type the opening parenthesis a tooltip shows
>     polymedes> you the arguments that you should pass to the function.
>
> In *all* IDE's? Hui!
>
>     polymedes> What do emacs developers usually do?
>
> They google for it :-) This is a FAQ. Look for cedet, ecb and
> intellisense:

Do you have it working? I never got intellisense "like" features working
properly (or usefully).