[Diggory Laycock]

Apple have released a second beta of Script Editor 2.

It has a much nicer UI than the old one and it appears to have Project Builder-style autocompletion.



and a Library - so you can get at frequent Dictionaries:




http://www.monkeyfood.com/thestuff/f...torLibrary.jpg

[AndyT]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:
[B]Apple have released a second beta of Script Editor 2.

It has a much nicer UI than the old one and it appears to have Project Builder-style autocompletion.

How does this work? I see the completion, but how do I accept the completed word, without typing it all

[suthercd]

F5 will complete the word that is greyed out. Script Editor 2.0 beta 2 caches the terms it encounters when opening a dictionary. The F5 key is a Cocoa designation. If the autocomplete displays an ellipse, pressing the complete key will present a pop-up menu that will give the available choices. The cancel key is by default the 'esc' key.

You need to enable Script Assitant in the Editing preferences pane.

It is definitely a work-in-progress, once completed it will be a much better tool.

HTH
Craig

[Wevah]

Is there any way to customize the key that completes the term? It's rather awkward on a powerbook to press Fn-F5 (since the F5 key acts as numlock without the Fn key).

[Diggory Laycock]

Originally posted by Wevah:
Is there any way to customize the key that completes the term? It's rather awkward on a powerbook to press Fn-F5 (since the F5 key acts as numlock without the Fn key).

I don't know if this will work for sure (i.e. not sure if ScriptEditor will inherit these preferences) - but try editing the Key Bindings prefs in Project Builder:

[Rickster]

Nope -- PB/Xcode's key binding UI is specific to PB/Xcode. To change it for other apps, you'll need to use the generic Cocoa key binding customization system... which has no GUI for configuration.

Create a file at ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBindings.dict and put the following in it:

Code:
{
	"\Uf70a" = "complete:';
}

This will rebind complete to F7, which can be keyed without requiring modifiers on most iBooks/PowerBooks. (It's what I use on my laptop.)

To use a different key, you'll need to change the thing on the left, which is the (Unicode?) key code. See NSEvent.h for several common key codes. To include a modifier key, you'll need to preface the key code with a special symbol (@ for command, ~ for option, ^ for control). You can also put in additional lines to
bind other actions -- see NSResponder.h for a list of standard text editing actions you can bind.

For more info, see the PBXKeyBindings.dict file inside PB/Xcode's app wrapper, or the Expert Preferences Release Notes for Project Builder (you may need an older version -- they seem to have removed or relocated that part of the docs in Xcode). IIRC, Mike Ferris' TextExtras provides some keybinding help, too.

[Wevah]

Excellent. Actually, I should have known that had I been paying attention, what with digging through PB's documentation for fun on and off.