xref autocomplete in VSCode

[phario]

Hi, 

One of the current issues I have in writing is the lack of autocomplete functionality on cross-referencing. Here, with most editors, when you do a cross-reference, say to

<xref id="thm-picard">

You'd like to have autocomplete functionality on "thm-"

Has anyone looked into this possibility? 

Not being able to do autocomplete on theorems, equations, etc. really hampers the ability to write. Currently, I have to look at the HTML (or whatever output), search for the reference location, then go to my document, search for a nearby string. Then copy the reference. Then go back to the original location and enter the string. 

I think you essentially need an LSP for this, but I'm not sure.

As a halfway house, is it possible to output the xref string into the document during drafting mode? 

Thanks!

[Sean Fitzpatrick]

This has generally worked fine for me - I think your should already have this functionality. 

The only exception is that if I've just authored an xml:id. I need to at least save the document before it shows up as an auto complete option. (Maybe I need to restart vscode.)

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[Oscar Levin]

If you are using the pretext-tools extension with VS Code, this is supposed to work.  I think it might still assume that your entry file is "source/main.ptx".  If you are not getting these auto-complete suggestions, let me know and I can try to fix it.

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[David W. Farmer]

Even if autocomplete does not work, the HTML has a link to that
theorem at the edge of the left margin, and that URL includes the id.

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[phario]

Hi both, 

I didn't realise it was supposed to work. I've tried to examine clashing settings in my VSCode settings file but I couldn't detect what might screw it up. I've pasted my setting file here: https://pastecode.io/s/cprrfrdy

Can you have a look and see if anything strikes? 

I guess I can remove my other extensions and zero out the settings.json file. It would be good to know what are the minimal settings from pretext. 

[Oscar Levin]

My only guess looking at your settings is that there might be a conflict with the VIM stuff.  You can create a new blank profile in VS Code and load pretext-tools and see if that gives you the completions.  Do you get completions for things like `<theorem>`?  Those should be triggered when you type `<`.  The xref completions are triggered when you are on a line that contains `<xref ref="`, triggered on the `"` I believe.

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