From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thorsten Bonow Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs as an IDE Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:54:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87zlylwjy6.fsf@post.rwth-aachen.de> References: <1192388519.268928.197890@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192394477 22368 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2007 20:41:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:41:17 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 14 22:41:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IhAGR-00076q-9p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:40:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IhAGK-0002C4-Di for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:40:36 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de U6jLo2Meu+gD25X1nkrw7QXHyilzOguX8V0UOo2v8h/IRm8ynsxiRamgcd Cancel-Lock: sha1:mv5koOTQqnO1oDVJv7XAoEfNhs8= sha1:sQw+eqJs6xThmcZcIwqp6MF7zbA= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) XEmacs/21.4.20 (linux) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:152911 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48415 Archived-At: >>>>> "polymedes" == polymedes 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: http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml polymedes> Furthermore, if the function is overloaded how can somebody know polymedes> all the definitions? polymedes> These questions apply to C++, Java, Python and C# cedet and ecb do work (at least) for C and C++, there is the Java Development Environment for Emacs: http://jdee.sunsite.dk/ Since you don't like google: The Emacs Lisp List is a good starting point for looking for lisp packages for Emacs: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/sje30/emacs/ell.html And last but not least there is the EmacsWiki: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki Hope this helps... Toto -- Contact information and PGP key at http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/thorsten.bonow You will pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard this message.