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Code Completion and Call Tips
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Code completion and call tips are available both in the editor windows and in the interactive
Python interpreter window.
Code Completion
When you type a qualified identifier (containing ".", e.g. sys.modules) as soon as you press
the "." and after a short delay a list with all available members pops up from which you can
select using the mouse or filter by typing the first few letters. The current selection in this list
is copied to the interactive interpreter window as soon as:
· you press ENTER
· you press TAB
· you press ".", "(", ")", "[", "]" or space.
You can hide the code completion list by pressing the ESC key.
You may also activate code completion at any point either before you start writing an identifier
name or after, as well as before typing the '.' or after, by pressing the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+SPACE. At all times you will get a filtered list of the names which are within the scope of
the position at which you are within a module.
Support is also provided for the completion of the import statement. e.g. (^ stands for pressing
Ctrl+Space)
import ^
import in^
import inspect as isp, cty^
from ^
from inspect import g^
from inspect import a as b, g^
from ..modname import a as b, g^
from .. import modname as m, another^
Call tips
When you open a left bracket "(" after typing a function name or a class name, and after a
short delay, PyScripter pops up a call tip (hint window) with information about the expected
parameters of the function you are entering as well as the doc string of the function if it is
available. This call tip window stays on until you complete entering the function parameters
and type the right bracket. You can hide a call tip by clicking on it).
You may also activate call tips at any point after you started writing the parameters of a
function, by pressing the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+SPACE.
Note: The code and parameter completion should be one of the best you can find in any
Python IDE. However,if you find that code and parameter completion is not very accurate for
certain modules and packages such as wxPython and scipy you can achieve near perfect
completion if you add these packages to the "Special Packages" IDE option
(comma
separated list). By default it is set to "os, wx, scipy". Special packages are imported on
demand to the interpreter instead of scanning their source code.