Scite user calltips not working

[therms]

I just know this is going to be something horrendously stupid on my part, but...

I cannot get user calltips working in Scite.

I uninstalled Scite.

Using SciteConfig I made sure UDF folder was set to C:UsersThermsAutoITUDF.

Using Sciteconfig I opened the User Calltips editor and added one function.  

The complete contents of C:UsersThermsau3.user.calltips.api:

_TheFunctionOfAwesome($sOne, $sTwo) Writes two strings to stdout. (Requires: #include <deleteme.au3>)

Contents of C:UsersThermsAutoITUDFdeleteme.au3:

; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name ..........: _TheFunctionOfAwesome
; Description ...: Writes two strings to stdout
; Syntax ........: _TheFunctionOfAwesome($sOne, $sTwo)
; Parameters ....: $sOne                - A string value to output
;                  $sTwo                - A string value to add to $sOne.
; Return values .: None
; Author ........: therms
; Modified ......:
; Remarks .......: This does stuff.
; Related .......:
; Link ..........:
; Example .......: No
; ===============================================================================================================================
Func _TheFunctionOfAwesome($sOne, $sTwo)
    ConsoleWrite($sOne & $sTwo & @CRLF)
EndFunc

After closing and restarting Scite, create a new file C:UsersThermsDesktopdeleteme2.au3.  

Start file out with the requisite #include <deleteme.au3> and begin typing "_TheFunct" and Scite never suggests _TheFunctionOfAwesome!

Edited October 26, 2014 by therms

[JLogan3o13]

What version of AutoIt and SciTE?

[therms]

What version of AutoIt and SciTE?

Autoit: v3.3.12.0

SciTE: 3.4.4

[jdelaney]

There are 2 files, one for when you get to the open parens (displays what you have typed), and one for the 'auto-complete' of the function name...add in the function name here:

au3.userudfs.properties

Edited October 27, 2014 by jdelaney

[Exit]

;~ userfile locations have changed.
;~ move the two files to new locations
;~ or use this script

$file1 = "au3.user.calltips.api"
$file2 = "au3.UserUdfs.properties"

FileMove(@UserProfileDir & "\" & $file1, @UserProfileDir & "\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\" & $file1, 8)
FileMove(@UserProfileDir & "\" & $file2, @UserProfileDir & "\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\" & $file2, 8)

[therms]

;~ userfile locations have changed.
;~ move the two files to new locations
;~ or use this script

$file1 = "au3.user.calltips.api"
$file2 = "au3.UserUdfs.properties"

FileMove(@UserProfileDir & "\" & $file1, @UserProfileDir & "\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\" & $file1, 8)
FileMove(@UserProfileDir & "\" & $file2, @UserProfileDir & "\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\" & $file2, 8)

 

C:UsersThermsAppDataLocalAutoIt v3SCiTEau3.user.calltips.api:

_TheFunctionOfAwesome($sOne, $sTwo) Writes two strings to stdout. (Requires: #include <deleteme.au3>)

C:UsersThermsAppDataLocalAutoIt v3SCiTEau3.userudfs.properties::

au3.keywords.user.udfs=_thefunctionofawesome

Still do not get autocomplete or syntax hints for function parameters.

Edited October 28, 2014 by therms

[Exit]

Check if the following line is in your @UserProfileDir & "AppDataLocalAutoIt v3SciTESciTEUser.properties"  file.

import au3.UserUdfs

[therms]

That file does not exist.

In fact, when you told me to move au3.userudfs.properties and au3.user.calltips.api into that directory earlier it did not exist and I had to create it.  The only thing in C:UsersThermsAppDataLocalAutoIt v3 was the Aut2exe directory.

I assume that directory should be created on install or first start of SciTE.  As a test, I just did an uninstall/install of SciTE again, and it did not create that folder.  Even after starting it one time.

Could this be because I run on a standard user account?  I notice that that directory doe exists in my administrator accounts AppDataLocalAutoIT v3SciTE.

My theory is that the installer handles installation on standard user accounts incorrectly.

I'll try copying that folder over from my admin account and report back.

Edited October 28, 2014 by therms

[therms]

OK, the issue is this:

I use a standard user account.  I double click the SciTE installer.  It pops up a UAC prompt.  After that it installs all the config files in the appdata directory for the administrator account rather than as the standard user I'm logged in as.  It also sets SCITE_USERHOME for the administrator, but not for the standard user.

Obviously this is because of UAC, but I believe this is not best practice behavior for an installer.

After manually copying the files to my standard user appdata directory and manually creating and setting to the right path the SCITE_USERHOME environment variable, I now have user calltips working.

Is there an issue tracker for the SciTE4AutoIt3 installer?

Edited October 28, 2014 by therms

[Melba23]

therms,

Just post in this thread.

M23

[Bert]

Dumb question - what is your file type you are currently looking at in SciTE? a text file? or an Au3 file?

[therms]

Dumb question - what is your file type you are currently looking at in SciTE? a text file? or an Au3 file?

Not a dumb question!

I was using an au3 file.

[Bert]

Duel monitors? I found the calltips will sometimes show on the other monitor.

[therms]

Duel monitors? I found the calltips will sometimes show on the other monitor.

Nah, as I mentioned a few posts ago the problem has to do with using a standard user account.