SciTe User calltip entries

[laphlaw]

I figured this would be the best place to ask, since Scite is probably the most used editor here...

I'm trying to add my own user calltips. I edited the 'au3.user.calltips.api' file, and got it working using the .au3 file extension. However, I'm trying to write shell scripts for linux with the '.sh' file extension. I found that the only calltips that are recognized are under that filename 'au3.user.calltips.api'. So... my issues are:

1) How can I make a calltips file for the .sh extension

2) The only way I can get the 'popups' for the keywords in the calltips file to show up is if the language selected is 'AutoIt3' (under Language > AutoIt3). If I have anything else selected, the calltips don't work.

Please help!

[PsaltyDS]

I figured this would be the best place to ask, since Scite is probably the most used editor here...

I'm trying to add my own user calltips. I edited the 'au3.user.calltips.api' file, and got it working using the .au3 file extension. However, I'm trying to write shell scripts for linux with the '.sh' file extension. I found that the only calltips that are recognized are under that filename 'au3.user.calltips.api'. So... my issues are:

1) How can I make a calltips file for the .sh extension

2) The only way I can get the 'popups' for the keywords in the calltips file to show up is if the language selected is 'AutoIt3' (under Language > AutoIt3). If I have anything else selected, the calltips don't work.

Please help!

You might get more on that from the actual Scintilla/SciTE project. SciTE4AutoIt is a customization of the more general open source SciTE editor.

From their web page:

There are some extra configuration files that can enhance SciTE for various languages and APIs.

I don't see sh, bsh, csh, ksh, etc. on that page, but you should be closer from there.

[MHz]

Just add this to your User Options file which will operate for all languages then. You could be better with a sh syntax file with this extra tool loaded with a sh.user.calltips.api though to keep au3 separate from sh.

# 15 MHz User Calltips
command.15.*=$(SciteDefaultHome)\scite.exe "$(SciteDefaultHome)\api\au3.user.calltips.api"
command.subsystem.15.*=1
command.name.15.*=User CallTip Entries

[laphlaw]

Just add this to your User Options file which will operate for all languages then. You could be better with a sh syntax file with this extra tool loaded with a sh.user.calltips.api though to keep au3 separate from sh.

# 15 MHz User Calltips
command.15.*=$(SciteDefaultHome)\scite.exe "$(SciteDefaultHome)\api\au3.user.calltips.api"
command.subsystem.15.*=1
command.name.15.*=User CallTip Entries

Unfortunately, pasting that block of text didn't work. Do I need to make my own properties file? Basically, I'd like to be able to have a usercalltips.api file for my own functions, and ideally it would only work with files with a given extension (say, .sh). But if there's only a way to enable globally for any extension, that's fine, too. I just want to get it working.