Can`t display CallTips for Lua

[Gavin Holt]

Hi,

I have been trying to get Sc550.exe to autocomplete Lua functions AND display Lua calltips.

As the Sc1.exe has all the default properties files built-in, I have simply added to my user settings:

    # Set up call tips
    # https://github.com/moltenform/scite-files/blob/main/files/api_files_howto.md
    api.$(file.patterns.lua)=$(SciteDefaultHome)\confSciTE\lua.api
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).automatic=1
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).end.definition=)
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).word.characters=.: $(chars.alpha)$(chars.numeric)_
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).parameters.start=(
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).parameters.end=)
    calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).parameters.separators=,

and later in user settings file:

    # autocomplete.choose.single=1
    # autocomplete.*.fillups=([
    autocomplete.*.start.characters=.:
    autocomplete.*.typesep=!
    autocomplete.*.ignorecase=1
    autocomplete.visible.item.count=30
    # autocomplete.multi=1
    autocompleteword.automatic=0
    autocompleteword.incremental=1

I have a Lua.api file to complete function names (and any changes are coming through).

With these settings I get automatic function name completion after the dot, but no way to display call tips.

I dimly recall that call tips had problems when the function names contain a dot - was this ever fixed? or have I got my configuration wrong?

Using the full distribution (and the older 543 version) did not display call tips for Lua with these settings.

Any guidance welcome.

Kind Regards Gavin Holt

[Neil Hodgson]

Gavin Holt:

> calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).word.characters=.: $(chars.alpha)$(chars.numeric)_

Did you mean to include space in this value?

Neil

[Gavin Holt]

Hi,

I have removed the space, but I'm still unable to show calltips.

Kind Regards Gavin Holt

[Neil Hodgson]

Gavin Holt:

> I have removed the space, but I'm still unable to show calltips.

This property takes a lexer name rather than a file glob. So

calltip.$(file.patterns.lua).word.characters=.:$(chars.alpha)$(chars.numeric)_

should be

calltip.lua.word.characters=.:$(chars.alpha)$(chars.numeric)_

Neil