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0 pointsdpcan1y ago0 comments

I’ve been doing this a looooooong time. And that’s really about it.

Every time a popup or tooltip covers code around my cursor I groan in agony.

I’d probably use it if the tool tips just updated in the bottom right of my screen while I typed or something.

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gosub1001y ago· 1 in thread

There was some shitty IDE years ago that would stop your keyboard input because it clogged the CPU with lookups for auto complete. It might have been eclipse or some other java monstrosity.

bitwize1y ago

Visual Basic and VBA used to throw up syntax error dialogs if you cursored off an incomplete line.

It's why I don't like pair programming: done properly per XP principles, it's like having a human version of VB's intrusive error dialog.

notpushkin1y ago

There is an extension for Codium / VS Code that shows function docs on the margin instead of a popup – I find it neat and less distractive.

johan9141y ago

Emacs has completion preview mode, which shows the completion inline in grey text. This is what I prefer using at it does not block text, and I am only interested in the top completion 99% of the time.

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