auto-complete implementation idea - need feedback

[Rakan Alhneiti]

Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> Rakan Alhneiti a écrit :
>> davidl wrote:
>>> 在 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:09 +0800，Rakan Alhneiti 
>>> <rakan at nospam.gmail.com> 写道:
>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>> As you might have noticed on dsource, i am implementing a 
>>>> text-editor using DWT called IntelliD.
>>>>
>>>> I have an idea about implementing auto-complete and need 
>>>> professional feedback about it.
>>>> As i am not experienced with writing a full-front-end parser, i got 
>>>> this idea about implementing auto-complete for object oriented 
>>>> features as follows:
>>>>
>>>> a folder called Editor will be the parent directory,
>>>> /Editor
>>>> -- /D which will be a directory for D language, i am planning to 
>>>> support other langs as well
>>>> ---- /tango
>>>> /phobos
>>>> /dwt
>>>> /gtkD
>>>> ...etc
>>>>
>>>> each sub folder in parent "D" folder will contain a set of files 
>>>> related to the library involved. These files will represent a class 
>>>> in related library folder that will contain defintions of methods 
>>>> and properties available in that class.
>>>> example
>>>> /Editor/D/DWT/Button.d
>>>> will contain all methods and properties available in DWT's button 
>>>> class in this format
>>>>
>>>> void setText(char[] text)
>>>>
>>>> my editor will parse that and provide it in the list of Intellisense 
>>>> or auto-complete functionality in addition to using it in providing 
>>>> call-tips which will show a small label when calling that function 
>>>> providing information about the parameters, names, types ...etc
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rakan
>>>
>>> of course it's useful & cool!
>>>
>> Thanks,
>> Would you think that the implementation of such an idea is any good too?
> 
> You'll have to give it a try. At least for me, even thinking ahead how 
> to optimize things, a trial an error approach was necessary (I didn't 
> want to, but it ended that way).
Thanks,
After all when i think deeply about it, i guess i will need to create at 
least a simple parser for certain language features because i have both 
syntax highlight and intellisense.