From: Adam Williams <awilliams@...>
Date: 2002-05-27T23:52:53+09:00
Subject: Ruby code completion in RubyEclipse

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Han Holl [mailto:han@pobox.com]
>
>I understand that it will never quite equal the Java possibilities, and it
>would probably take a lot of analyzing, but something like:
>   a = Hash.new
>   a.
>would offer an opportunity for a drop down menu. But in a lot of cases
>the IDE would indeed need extra help.

>Han

Yeah, this is all something we've been contemplating. What do you think of
having a live objectspace that the IDE is hooked into and asks the object
for its class, at which point it could then present all of the methods
defined on it and its parents? I don't have the Ruby experience to know
whether this is possible. It amazes me that the Java plugin for eclipse can
figure it all out even with typing.

I have been wondering whether this project is something worth continuing. It
has been stated that anyone who really uses ruby would never make a habit of
using an IDE written in Java. They would want to be able to extend the IDE
using Ruby. Then there is FreeRIDE...

Anyone think I should absolutely stop?

Adam Williams
RoleModel Software, Inc.
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http://www.rolemodelsoftware.com
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