[cpf]

Stuff that's done:
[LIST][*]Full support for all default gmod libraries & functions[*]Options (not pictured) to enable/disable various elements (esp. those images)[*]Click on the tooltip to go to the wiki[*]Works in most applications that don't do text entry weirdly (notepad++,notepad, the windows 7 start bar)[*]OK just look at the video[/LIST]
Stuff that I'm working on:
[LIST=1][*]Text wrapping in the tooltip[*]More reliable[*]More graphics[*]Other stuff[/LIST]
Stuff that I could do if this was integrated into an actual editor:
[LIST][*]Better performance & usability all around[*]Scanning your code (yes that's right, your code) for functions[/LIST]
Stuff that will almost probably never happen so don't ask:
[LIST][*]Objects/Tables and their (metatable or otherwise) functions (avector:Function)[/LIST]Suggestions?

[Rambo_9]

nice.

my current notepadd++ setup is absolute garbage. The function list on the right hand side doesn't work and the autocomplete is a pain in the ass.

I would gladly switch to this if you could get function listing working. it makes working on bigger files easier.

[Alex_grist]

Oh wow.

Would love to have this in my Notepad++, would make my life so much easier.

[Gbps]

:worship::worship::worship::worship:

I cannot bare any more time before a release.

Edited:

Can I have your children, just saying.

Edited:

Rate OP a heart.

[nicatronTg]

Wow, I would stop :bang: if I had this. Release soon, please!

[Crazy Quebec]

Hmm this looks pretty cool but how dependent is it on the lua function template of the wiki staying the same?

Also could you do the following :
- Autocomplete for ENT:, GM: and SWEP: hooks. It's a static prefix so it shouldn't be too hard.
- If possible an auto-complete for certain functions such as hook.Add (Would list gamemode hooks).

Oh and if you're feeling extremely fancy you could add support for pseudo "doc strings" in the form of comments exactly one line after the function's declaration. You could then display that in the tooltip for those functions.

[cpf]

Crazy Quebec posted:

Hmm this looks pretty cool but how dependent is it on the lua function template of the wiki staying the same?

Also could you do the following :
- Autocomplete for ENT:, GM: and SWEP: hooks. It's a static prefix so it shouldn't be too hard.
- If possible an auto-complete for certain functions such as hook.Add (Would list gamemode hooks).

Oh and if you're feeling extremely fancy you could add support for pseudo "doc strings" in the form of comments exactly one line after the function's declaration. You could then display that in the tooltip for those functions.

1st I can do fairly easily, 2nd I think I'll rewrite the display logic (oh joy) so it's less coupled with the current means of watching keystrokes and could work better in an editor. Oh and be less of a disaster.

[Whitewater]

It looks like it will be fantastic, but I have a bit of a strange request...

In most intellisense systems (That I have used), you have to type out your function, then hit enter, then continue.
In this one, will it be possible to just barrel on past with a ( or something? Because hitting enter after every single function name would be annoying. Sometimes one can't recall a function name, sometimes one can't recall whether the number or string goes first.

Anyway, looks like it'll be a great benefit.

[MakeR]

This looks really useful!

[aVoN]

Rambo_9 posted:

nice.

my current notepadd++ setup is absolute garbage. The function list on the right hand side doesn't work and the autocomplete is a pain in the ass.

I would gladly switch to this if you could get function listing working. it makes working on bigger files easier.

Working function-list for you: http://www.facepunch.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=106

[Sakarias88]

Have been longing for something like this.
Looks really good.

[ChewGum]

I like it. Don't give up on it like the others.

[gamer_lv]

This looks awesome, Exactly what I could use.
This will probable same me about 50 trips to wiki.garrysmod.com when coding ( I keep forgetting where to put capitals)

[|King Flawless|]

This is epic I want it now!

[Metanoia]

I've never used any sort of auto-complete for LUA stuff. This looks great.

[yakahughes]

Metanoia posted:

I've never used any sort of auto-complete for LUA stuff. This looks great.

It's not LUA, it's lua. It's a word, not an acronym, people don't go around saying "Look at the beautiful MOON tonight."

This looks extremely awesome and please finish it. Also, I read

Objects/Tables and their (metatable or otherwise) functions (avector:Function)

I'm not sure, but does that mean the thing won't recognize functions that you have written in the code? For instance, if you write a function in a C++ project in MSVC, and then you do the name of your function later in the code, and hit (, it will show you the arguments for the function. Will this do that, or did the quote above mean that that won't happen?

[MakeR]

yakahughes posted:

It's not LUA, it's lua. It's a word, not an acronym, people don't go around saying "Look at the beautiful MOON tonight.

It's Lua, not lua. It is a noun.

[Mastermind26]

awesome! I cant wait for this!

[cpf]

Clarification: lua is a pain to parse (compared to c/++/#) so I won't be writing anything to parse your file and determin that local variable "mxv" is a color. I might be able to parse user defined global tables (Evolve.doStuff() eg) but probably only if this was integrated into an editor (so I could scan all project files and read unsaved file contents). Until then it's only predefined libraries (default ones or ones you add yourself-there's an editor).

[Lexic]

Well as long as we can add our own without too much fuss then there's no real problem. How does this work at the moment then, if it's not attached to an editor?
I mean, I'd like that in np++, but not for random popups to appear while writing a blog post or whatever.

[Dj-J3]

So when will you be able to release this? :3:

It would make learning lua MUCH easier

[[TG]Chief(Alex)]

I need this! Just release it already! :P

[Dave_Parker]

Yeah, just release something unfinished already!

[cpf]

Lexic posted:

Well as long as we can add our own without too much fuss then there's no real problem. How does this work at the moment then, if it's not attached to an editor?
I mean, I'd like that in np++, but not for random popups to appear while writing a blog post or whatever.

You can set which windows it's active in (by title).

[Grea$eMonkey]

This looks awesome.

[Kogitsune]

What does your functions list look like?

If it isn't too much trouble, it might be a good idea to do it via xml like the summary tags in Visual Studio.

<summary>
  <function library="concommand" name="Add" >
    <param name="command_name" datatype="string" desc="The unique name of the console command" />
    <param name="callback_function" datatype="function" desc="The function called when the command is run" />
    <param name="autocomplete_function" datatype="function:table:string" optional=1 />
    <returns>nil</returns>
    <description>Creates a console command that runs the given function</description>
    <remarks>Warnings/tricks here if needed</remarks>
  </function>
</summary>

It's a mess because I'm just whipping together an example and could probably be ordered better. I feel something like the above would take some time to implement, but would allow you a more friendly experience, especially if you detect which argument you are currently entering and show the description text, which in theory should be as simple as counting commas not inside strings.

Regardless of if you implement it or not, this looks really good so far =).

[cpf]

This is what one looks like atm (beat you to the XML)

<Item ID="2482" Name="ents" AvailableOn="SHARED" IsLib="true">
      <Children>
        <Function ID="2483" Name="Create" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="This example spawns an angry zombie in front of the first player in the server (Usually you!).">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="String" Name="entity class" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Entity" Name="" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2484" Name="FindByClass" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds all of the npcs in the map">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="String" Name="class name" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2485" Name="FindByModel" AvailableOn="SERVER" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds all the entities with the huge chimney model">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="String" Name="model name" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2486" Name="FindByName" AvailableOn="SERVER" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds all the entities with the target-name &amp;quot;bill&amp;quot;">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="String" Name="name" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2487" Name="FindInBox" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds all the entities near the origin of the map">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="Vector" Name="min" />
            <Parameter Type="Vector" Name="max" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2488" Name="FindInCone" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="Kills any NPCs in the SWEP's viewcone.">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="Vector" Name="Pos" />
            <Parameter Type="Vector" Name="Dir" />
            <Parameter Type="Float" Name="Distance" />
            <Parameter Type="Float" Name="Radius" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2489" Name="FindInSphere" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds all the entities whose distance from the origin is less than 32 from map coordinate 0,0,0.">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="Vector" Name="center" />
            <Parameter Type="Number" Name="radius" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name=": {{Arg|Entity}}" />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2490" Name="GetAll" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="Prints the class of every entity in the map">
          <Params />
          <ReturnVal Type="Table" Name="of {{Arg|Entity}} objects." />
        </Function>
        <Function ID="2491" Name="GetByIndex" AvailableOn="SHARED" Parent="2482" Desc="This example finds the 96th entity object">
          <Params>
            <Parameter Type="Integer" Name="index" />
          </Params>
          <ReturnVal Type="Entity" Name="" />
        </Function>
      </Children>
    </Item>

Yes, there is a completely legitimate reasons for the IDs on everything. The database itself is culled from the wiki (ofc).
@Parameter descriptions and remarks: The wiki has none, but I am doing VS-style highligting of the current parameter.

[Metanoia]

yakahughes posted:

It's not LUA, it's lua. It's a word, not an acronym, people don't go around saying "Look at the beautiful MOON tonight."

A part of me wants to keep capitalizing it just to piss off pedants

Another part of me wants to keep capitalizing it because this forum is called "LUA Scripting", so I see it capitalized every day and I'm used to it.

And about 2% of me actually cares about spelling it properly

[Grea$eMonkey]

Metanoia posted:

A part of me wants to keep capitalizing it just to piss off pedants

Another part of me wants to keep capitalizing it because this forum is called "LUA Scripting", so I see it capitalized every day and I'm used to it.

And about 2% of me actually cares about spelling it properly

The ironic part is that Lua is a case-sensitive language.

[Zcom]

There is jizz on my keyboard now.

[Gbps]

grea$emonkey posted:

The ironic part is that Lua is a case-sensitive language.

[cpf]

Bonus progress update and screenshot:
Recoded everything almost everything so it isn't a disaster. Main advantage of this is I can make 1337 debug screens like this. But seriously folks, I'll rewrite the actual display stuff tomorrow to work with the shiny new system, and then I can get to working on people's suggestions.

[Kialtia]

Zcom posted:

There is jizz on my keyboard now.

Then i suggest you grab a tissue unless you like sticky keyboards.

Edited:

But seriously, this looks awesome, it would speed up coding and it prevents me from having to loop up a function.

[BoingBoing]

So you're just 'XML'-ing?

http://cybernetnews.com/notepad-50-c...complete-code/

[Megiddo]

Are you using a separate process to detect text input and draw directly on the screen?

[cpf]

Yeah, not "draw directly on screen," but the extent of the "integration" is finding the caret position and putting forms there. The rest is logging keystrokes, magic, and LuaSense.MarkupPanel.

Coding update:

Got most of the display recoded, see results above.

[aVoN]

cpf posted:

Yeah, not "draw directly on screen," but the extent of the "integration" is finding the caret position and putting forms there. The rest is logging keystrokes, magic, and LuaSense.MarkupPanel.

Coding update:

Got most of the display recoded, see results above.

I assume, the monitor means "Client", the tower "Server" and both together "Shared".
Looks neat.

Also one hypothesis: Shouldn't using XML slow? At least you have to parse the file everytime you start Notepad++ and read it into memory - Which can become a trouble once you allow LuaSense for functions etc of code you wrote your own (and isn't build in GMod).

Also: How do you plan to allow "parsing our own lua-functions"? By following includes()? Or by "project files"?

[Haxxer]

I thought the title said "Lua Intelligence" and I instantly thought of the Geth

[RoFLWaFFLEZZ]

My keyboard is white after seeing this.

[yakahughes]

cpf posted:

You can set which windows it's active in (by title).

The title of the window changes every time you switch tabs in notepad++. Will it work despite this, or will you have to change it every time you switch files?