Python editor example with auto-complete?

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Tue Dec 10 13:13:46 EST 2002


"Robert Oschler" <Oschler at earthlink.net> writes:

> Has anybody seen a python example that had auto-complete built in?  It seems
> like it wouldn't be a horrendous job to provide at least current class level
> only auto-complete for methods and attributes.  By auto-complete I mean,
> you're in an edit window.  You type the name of a variable that is an
> instance of some class, and as soon as you type a period ('.') a drop-down
> list appears showing all the methods and properties for the class the
> variable is an instance of. If you type characters after the period the list
> auto-finds the closest match. Then you can select from the list and the
> selection gets typed into the edit window after the period.

I think Pythonwin and PyCrust both do this, don't they?

Cheers,
M.

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