DCD: Autocomplete without the IDE

Kiith-Sa kiithsacmp at gmail.com
Tue Sep 10 11:37:09 PDT 2013


On Tuesday, 10 September 2013 at 16:15:55 UTC, André wrote:
> I just tried it with the Kate and it's working like a charm! All
> contributors keep up the good work :-) I really like the
> client/server approach because it enables everyone to use his or
> hers favourite editor.
>
> Is there a blog or changelog which allows to follow the further
> progress?
>
> Cheers
> André
>
> On Sunday, 1 September 2013 at 10:58:28 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>> * What is it?
>> DCD is a client and server program that work together to 
>> provide autocomplete suggestions and function call tips to 
>> almost any text editor that supports scripting or plugins.
>>
>> * Who is it for?
>> People who would like autocomplete, but don't want to give up 
>> their favorite editor for an IDE.
>>
>> * Where is it?
>> GitHub! https://github.com/Hackerpilot/DCD
>>
>> * What does it look like?
>> There's a short demo video on Youtube: 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo2POmn2_9U
>>
>> * What editors does it work with?
>> Textadept, Kate/KDevelop, Vim, and Emacs. The Textadept 
>> integration script is the reference implementation.
>>
>> * This sounds a lot like GoCode
>> It does, doesn't it?
>>
>> * Does it work?
>> Yes and no. DCD is fairly new, and not all of the features 
>> you'd expect from a D autocompletion engine are present. I do 
>> feel that it's enough of an improvement over not having 
>> autocomplete to make this alpha announcement.
>>
>> * Should I file bug reports in this announcement thread?
>> No. Add them here: 
>> https://github.com/Hackerpilot/DCD/issues?state=open

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