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Darakim
Junior Member
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 Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 10:51:17 AM
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When printing information, I often using "0x%08X" in my printf() string. I would like to be able to auto-complete this string after having written the first two characters ("0x"). "0x%08X" is usually in the choices I have, but when I select it, the "%0" is replaced by the selection ("0x"), giving "0x0x8X".
I know this is an helpfull feature when autocompleting in code, but it should be disabled when autocompleting a string.
Is there anyway around this feature? |
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WannabeeDeveloper
Tomato Guru
Germany
775 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 12:39:21 PM
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Doesn't CTRL + SPACE popup a suggestion you desire?
I mean, usually you shouldn't get suggestions within a string or comment, you should have to force it manually by pressing CTRL + SPACE... |
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Edited by - WannabeeDeveloper on Jan 07 2005 12:40:21 PM |
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Darakim
Junior Member
14 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 1:17:02 PM
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| Yes, I have to press CTRL+SPACE to have the suggestions. |
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Darakim
Junior Member
14 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 1:20:03 PM
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| The suggestions I have are goods, its what happens when I select one that is the problem. When I select "0x%08X", it pastes "0x0x8X" because the %0 is parsed and replaced by 0x. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19134 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 4:16:42 PM
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confirmed.
case=486
as a work around, could you place a standard debug printf into a notepad window and copy and paste it into your code? or would this not help? i have tried making an autotext entry to insert this comment string, but it is not working how i expected *shrug* |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Darakim
Junior Member
14 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 4:22:32 PM
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I use the 0x%08X string in a lot of very different print strings so I cannot have a template that I copy/paste everytime.
And copy/pasting only the part that is constant from a notepad would probably be longer than writing it each time! |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19134 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 4:26:03 PM
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*sigh* it was a long shot, but i thought i would ask. after all, it might have worked  |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Darakim
Junior Member
14 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2005 : 4:27:15 PM
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| Nice try! ;-) |
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jpizzi
Tomato Guru
USA
642 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2005 : 10:04:50 PM
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How about:
1. Copy 0x%08X to the clipboard, so that can be pasted when desired.
2. Create a macro that types the string and assign it to a hotkey.
Just some thoughts. |
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Darakim
Junior Member
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Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 10:56:21 AM
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Keeping my string in the clipboard is not really an option as the clipboard is used for a lot of other purpose while programming.
Using a macro is a better alternative (actually, that's what I'm doing right now), but I already use tens of shortcut keys, so if I could save some by using auto-complete, I would appreciate.
BTW, thanks everyone for your help and suggestion! |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19134 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 5:23:22 PM
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thinking about the clipboard, are you aware of VAX's multiple clipboard feature?
http://66.150.196.105/products/features/clipboards.html?more=yes
i also use the clipboard for many different things, but quite often something i want to reuse will still be in the ctrl-shift-v menu when i look for it. again perhaps a long shot but worth considering |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Darakim
Junior Member
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Posted - Jan 10 2005 : 5:33:10 PM
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| I've tried it before and more often that not, my string was not in the paste buffer anymore. Altough I had not realize at that time that I could change the number of clipboard value kept. I`ll try keeping a large number of clipboard values in memory and see if I find it efficient to work this way. |
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