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ID:260509 Feb 13 2008, 2:01 pm
Mr.Kitten	Can you add tips for like when you type such as the For() command. It will show a helpful balloon tip like Microsoft Visual C++ does. Shows ways what you can do for those procs. Hmm I should make one whole list on here and not seperate topics.

Feb 13 2008, 2:19 pm
Android Data	Or you could hit F1 and use the DM Reference... -- Data

Feb 14 2008, 1:55 pm
Mobius Evalon	Mr.Kitten wrote: Can you add tips for like when you type such as the For() command. It will show a helpful balloon tip like Microsoft Visual C++ does. Oh dear god. If I start typing in a future version of Dream Maker and see anything that even remotely looks like intellisense, I will become Wisconsin's next mass murderer.

Feb 14 2008, 2:51 pm In response to Mobius Evalon
Popisfizzy	Nice to see I'm not the only person that hates intellisense.

Feb 14 2008, 3:59 pm In response to Mobius Evalon
Hiead	I personally like Intellisense; it can become quite useful. What I can't imagine ever liking is an Intelli-tip for the for() statement... ewww... Hiead

Feb 15 2008, 3:35 am In response to Mobius Evalon
Jamesburrow	Yeah, for real. Intellisense is a nifty feature at times, but for the most part it is annoying as hell.

Feb 15 2008, 5:41 am

In response to Jamesburrow

PirateHead

I would feel a lot better about those code-help features if they were responsive. If they take up processor power and lag the GUI, however, they are absolutely unacceptable.

The problem is that the cases in which the code-completion and so on are most helpful are those where you have a huge number of options to choose from, and thus it takes the computer some quick crunching to display the relevant results, which often lags the GUI a bit.

I find that if I simply put up with the pain of flipping back and forth between a manual or cheat sheet for awhile, I eventually learn the names of procedures and so on well enough that I don't need the code completion, and my programming experience is happier for it.

Feb 17 2008, 5:05 am

In response to PirateHead

Tiberath

PirateHead wrote:

I find that if I simply put up with the pain of flipping back and forth between a manual or cheat sheet for awhile, I eventually learn the names of procedures and so on well enough that I don't need the code completion, and my programming experience is happier for it.

Likewise. Intellisense feels like the code is being spoon fed to you. If you really want to learn, you have to push your mind to learn. And that is done by reading, rereading and re-reading.

Feb 17 2008, 8:45 am
Waltercross34	Yeah, Intellisence can be annoying, I Think if it is added in a later version that there is the option to turn it off., or make it customizable.