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[Discipol]

So I got an Eclipse with a LUA plugin. Its not more than a compile and color syntax editor but I am looking for more.

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local unit = dfhack.gui.getSelectedUnit();
This gets me the unit under the cursor, or NIL.
I would like to have the ctrl+space / autocomplete functionality that Eclipse is capable of, for code speed, avoiding typos and exploring the workings of the system.

I have no idea if what I need already exists, the relative anonymity of DFHack and DF itself does not help my google searches.

Thus I am to rely on you gents for assistance.

Cheerio!

[Putnam]

I use notepad++ with its autocomplete and lua highlighting features.

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for.

[Discipol]

I am interested in autocompleting Dwarf Fortress stuff. Like you would type dfhack. then the autocomplete would have, among other suggestions, "gui" and gui would show, among other methods, "getSelectedUnit".

Any way to bring this up?

[Putnam]

That would have to be made.

It does sound doable, though, at least sorta.

[Quietust]

Getting autocomplete for function names would presumably just be a matter of pointing the IDE at DFHack's Lua script folder.

Getting autocomplete for structure fields, on the other hand, would probably be nontrivial since those are compiled into DFHack itself rather than read at runtime (as the Ruby plugin does).

Also, Lua is not an acronym - it's capitalized as "Lua", not "LUA".

[Discipol]

Getting autocomplete for function names would presumably just be a matter of pointing the IDE at DFHack's Lua script folder.

Getting autocomplete for structure fields, on the other hand, would probably be nontrivial since those are compiled into DFHack itself rather than read at runtime (as the Ruby plugin does).

Also, Lua is not an acronym - it's capitalized as "Lua", not "LUA".

So Q, are you suggesting I switch to Ruby? Am as beginner at Lua as I am at Ruby.

[Putnam]

No, he's saying that it would be somewhat difficult to do all this autocomplete.

I do it by looking it up, whether through the lua interface, gui/gm-editor or the df-structures github.

[Discipol]

bah, I guess it takes a bit of time to learn the most used thingies, I guess. ty for the info dudes