[Qt-creator] First impressions

[Thorbjørn Lindeijer]

ext Lucian Smith wrote:
> -Can autocomplete be made resistent to backspace?  If I type 'setN' and 
> there's no function that starts 'setN', if I type backspace, it would be 
> nice to see the 'setX' functions again.  As it is, I have to backspace 
> over the entire word minus one character, then re-type that last character 
> to get the autocomplete window to pop up again.

Not at the moment, but at least you can make the pop up reappear by 
pressing Ctrl+Space, instead of erasing the entire word and retyping the 
completion trigger. Ctrl+Space is also useful for invoking the 
completion when there was nothing to trigger it, for example when 
completing local variables.

> -I can't figure out what I'm doing to cause the tooltip-like help windows 
> to pop up (the ones with the 'F1' button on them).  Not only that, it is 
> hard to get them to go away again, and they invariably cover the bit where 
> I'm trying to type.  If the sensitivity could be adjusted here (maybe it 
> could disappear in response to typing and not just mouse movement?) that 
> would be great.

Hmm, probably a good idea.

> I've saved the heisenbugs for last.
> 
> -Sometimes as I'm working, something gets out of sync and things stop 
> working quite right.  Restarting the program always fixes it.  'Not 
> working right' includes:
> 	-Clicking on a file in the file list in the left panel will not 
> take me to the text of that file.  Sometimes the code screen ends up with 
> a mix of text from the file it was displaying before and the file I've 
> told it to display now.  Changing the file in the top grey bar instead 
> works fine.
> 	-Some commands stop working like 'Ctrl-R' to run the program.  It 
> just doesn't seem to respond.

These are interesting issues, but because of their unreliability I think 
it would be better to find a way to upgrade to 1.1 and see if they're 
still there. Especially switching editors works quite different 
internally in 1.1.

One note about hiding the debug panes. All such panes can get removed by 
pressing 'ESC'. This works for the search bar, help sidepane, 
application output and also for generally switching back to the edit 
mode (which gets rid of the debug panes).

Thanks for your feedback!

Regards,
Bjørn

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Thorbjørn Lindeijer
Software Engineer
Nokia, Qt Software