[Qt-creator] Minor autocompletion suggestion annoyances

[Jason H]

Voted and following.

What really grinds my gears is QtC is the only editor with the is behavior, and I use a few editors, so I'm always having to remember QtC's very unique quoting rule.
(Yes you can turn it off but it turns it off always)

> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2020 at 9:57 AM
> From: "André Hartmann" <andre.hartmann at iseg-hv.de>
> To: "Jason H" <jhihn at gmx.com>, qt-creator <qt-creator at qt-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] Minor autocompletion suggestion annoyances
>
> Hi Jason,
> 
> >   void f(QObject *parent=null...)
> > 
> > Where ... is "ptr" for what I want.
> > But ... is suggested as "ptr_t".
> > But "ptr" is the second one in the list.  This is so close, but I'm curious as to why the longer is coming becoming before the shorter?
> > nullptr should be first by alphabetical and word frequency order.
> 
> Hit me too. It is tracked as
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-6242
> 
> > 
> > Also, still painfully dealing with QtC's default " behavior, which is to almost always insert 2.
> > I'm still suggesting to limit "-> "" to where the right of " is at EoL or white space. That would save so many corrections.
> > I realize I can turn it off, but I'd like to keep it exept when tot he right of the cursor is non-whitespace.
> 
> I'd also agree to this. I'm not sure if there is already a bugreport, 
> but that might be the case.
> 
> Regards, André
> 
> > 
> > Example:
> > convert this {x: 1} to JSON (ignoring selecting x then ", which is takign the hand off the keyboard for the mouse or more keystokes)
> > Step 1: insert ", get:
> > {""x:1}
> > Backapace to get rid of the extra ", arrive at:
> > {x: 1}
> > Hrmph. Insert " again
> > {""x:1}
> > Now arrow right once and backspace.
> > {"x:1}
> > Then arrow over once more and add ", and you'll be at the desired outcome. Interestingly, there wasn't a double " inserted this time.
> > 
> > Worse yet, forget that QtC is doing this and work right to left, and find yourself at:
> > {""x"":1}
> > Which is just a nightmare. But per my rules above,  {x :1} ->  {""x"" :1} So modify that to be only insert "" if there is white space on both sides.
> > 
> > 
> > I spend so much time fighting this, but it is also so close to working perfectly ('perfectlty' as defined by me)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Many thanks
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