Will Code Completion be improved in the near future?

ondesic · May 2012

I just realized that the Gideros IDE doesn't give me all the options (properties) for my objects. For instance, if I create a bitmap:

local bitback = Bitmap.new(Texture.new("image.png"))

Next I want to set the position it will appear at. If I type "bitback" and then ":" the colon, no options come up. This led me to believe there were no properties/methods for a bitmap. However, by chance I noticed an example code that used "setPosition()" so I tried it:

bitback:setPosition(50,0)

and even though it never gave me the option for "setPosition()", it works.

Just learning Lua and Gideros, I can't possibly know all of the methods for a bitmap by memory. Even if I could, I couldn't spell everything correctly by memory. Is there hope that this will be addressed anytime soon?

evs · May 2012

I know auto complete isn't perfect, but I do get the setPosition option showing up (unfortunately with all the other stuff that won't work in this context)

cheers

evs

OZApps · May 2012

That's one of the risks of making an IDE, there is that extra piece of code to work on along with the core framework. @evs has the API list available for use with SublimeText2, so for the meanwhile if you want, you could use that to get all of the autocomplete API list.

ondesic · May 2012

Would that also work with object I create? Like in me example, would SublimeText recognize my variable "bitback"?

ar2rsawseen · May 2012

well it usually recognizes my defined variables and methods, it's just does not use any semantics, like does this method belongs to this object or not

ondesic · May 2012

So once more I would ask, (specifically to those directly involved in creating Gideros) Is this something that is planned for improvement anytime soon?

atilim · May 2012

@ondesic uh.. most probably not. it's really hard to implement correct autocompletion for dynamic languages. Because the type of a value stored at a variable is defined only at runtime. I don't have much information but afaik static analyzers can fail to detect the correct type for many cases.

Therefore we provide only a static list of autocomplete keywords so that developers can type less.

ondesic · June 2012

Darn, I am sad to hear that. Unfortunetely all the environments I have worked with have had an editor with good code completion. I am looking at Monkey right now (they have a great editor called Jungle IDE with good code completion). I would subscribe to gideros in a heart beat if there was an IDE that solved this problem for me. I am aware that to some developers it's not a big deal. For me it is paramount.

evs · June 2012

@ondesic

Install this:

http://www.eclipse.org/koneki/ldt/

and add this:

http://benjamin-cabe.com/koneki/execution-environments/gideros.zip

by doing - Preferences (Lua > Execution Environments > add > gideros.zip)

and your dreams will come true ...

cheers

evs

ondesic · June 2012

So, I just install the above and we will have world peace?
I'll try it out. Thanks

ondesic · June 2012

I have everything installed, however, how do I run my code? I have windows 7.

evs · June 2012

@onedesic

I've written a little vbscript, much like my applescript, that can run code via Gideros Studio (which is used as just an intermediary and console output) on the Gideros Player (either on device or windows).

I have attached the script (remove the .txt from filename) as well as pics of the setup and how my External Tools Configuration is set.

Note: It works by running the most recent project in studio, so make sure you have LDT and Gideros pointing at the same thing, so that they are in sync!

HTH

cheers

evs

ondesic · June 2012

Hi evs,
I just tried this but receive an error.
"CreateProcess error=216, This version of %1 is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher"

I have a 64bit system. Do I need a 64bit version of this script?

evs · June 2012

@ondesic

Try this (I can't test it myself)

In External Tools change location from

c:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe

to

c:\Windows\SysWoW64\cscript.exe

cheers

evs

ondesic · June 2012

Evs,
Thanks for responding. It's still a no go. It tells me the exe is not compatible with my system.

evs · June 2012

@ondesic does it work if you start Gideros Studio etc manually and use a simplified script like

 
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 
objShell.AppActivate (" - Gideros")	' get focus for sendkeys
 
objShell.SendKeys"^(r)"

I believe the problem is that Gideros is a 32bit app which requires the 32bit Cmd.exe to
run it from the command line (It's done automagically in the GUI) - not sure

Still try the above

cheers

evs

ondesic · June 2012

evs,

I couldn't get it to work. What I decided to do is :
1)create a project in eclipse.
2)create a project in Gideros.
3)move all Gideros files to the new eclipse project folder I just created.
4)open the project in Gideros but from the new eclipse location.
5)open the main.lua in eclipse.

Basically I edit the code in eclipse, save it, and press RUN from Gideros.
Presto, the updated code runs. Ridiculous, but it works.

Thanks.

evs · June 2012

In another thread

These will be definitely implemented at the next version:

- command line tools to export projects and control the player
- AsyncLoader class to load textures at background thread
- AlertBox and TextInput native UI classes (for all platforms)
- LuaFileSystem plugin

And most probably:
- In-app Billing for Android

Also there will be a couple of bugfixes and some small additions.

So integration should be much easier

cheers

evs

gorkem · June 2012

Yes, Koneki for example is a good candidate ;-)

ondesic · July 2012

Ok, so here is where I am with this. After no luck, I installed the 32 bit version of LDT
(I was using the Eclipse 64bit add on before, which gave me autocomplete, but no launching).
Now using your script it works. The problem is, I now get no autocomplete whatsoever.

Here is what I did:
1) I downloaded the LDT file and unzipped it.
2) I downloaded Gideros.zip (from benjamin-cabe.com)
3) I opened LDT and did Preferences>Lua > Execution Environments > add > gideros.zip

Finally, I created a new Lua Project in LDT named "Simple". I selected "gideros-2.2.1" as the Execution Environment. Then I created a new file in the Simple project called "main.lua"

I opened main.lua I started to type, but cannot get any code completion.
Is there an obvious mistake I have made?

ondesic · July 2012

Just figured it out. I need to manually go to Build Path and add gideros.zip as a library

ondesic · July 2012

For any of you using LDT, how do you create a new project? Do you create on in LDT first? Doing so creates a "src" folder which I suppose you have to the make a matching project in Gideros Studio, and save it in the LDT "src" folder?

talis · July 2012

Edit: Ok nevermind about the question:D I just realized that this ss(screenshot) is not from gideros ide. So another lesson for me dont reply a topic without reading all.

@evs maybe it is a noob question but can you please tell me how did you edit the colors in the gideros studio ide?
I mean background is black and syntax highligting colors are also different. I couldn't find it because.
I even asked before in this thread but no answers:)
http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/1334/gideros-studio-ui#Item_5

kartben · July 2012

I opened main.lua I started to type, but cannot get any code completion.
Is there an obvious mistake I have made?

Did you create the project before or after setting up the Gideros Execution Environment? The project needs to be associated with the EE, and it is usually easier to do this at project creation time (in the creation wizard).

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