Yes I know that using print() as a function rather than a statement is "better" in a bunch of ways. I still hate it, in part because it makes debugging and checking things so much more annoying. If you had a line
do_thing(stuff)
and you wanted to see if it was doing what you thought it was, you could just add a print to it and get
print do_thing(stuff)
However, adding the parentheses can sometimes be a bit fiddly.
Yes I know I'm lazy, but is there a shortcut in Spyder or other consoles for highlighting a line of text and putting a print() wrapper around it like it does for parentheses (which is about 80:20 useful:annoying)
Thanks!
(Spyder maintainer here) You can do this, and not only for print but for any function, by going to the menu
Tools > Preferences > IPython console > Advanced settings > Autocall
and selecting there the Smart or Full options.
To learn about the difference between them, please go here (Smart is equivalent to Active and Full to Active always).
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This problem really hit a nerve with me. I have both YouCompleteMe and UltiSnips installed on my vim 8.0 editor. It seems that both of these plugins use the tab key for doing the auto-completion and that has created an incompatibility that has been also addressed by this question. My question is more specific, though. When I write a piece of code like <html, there is a pop-up menu that shows me all related snippets for that code.
I use the tab key to navigate through that menu but when I hit ctrl+y to accept and therefore expand one of these snippets, nothing happens! I think this structure suggests that it's possible to somehow choose one of those snippets from the menu without trying to define a shortcut for UltiSnip. What am I doing wrong? How should I navigate and choose those snippets?
I also would not want to stuff my vim with any new plugins (like supertab, etc.).
The solution was actually a lot simpler than I expected. In the beginning, I felt stupid for not knowing it but when I find a similar question like this one, I thought that probably many were fallen into the same trap.
I don't know whether to name it a bug or not but it's how Ultisnips and YouCompleteMe work together. In order to expand a snippet, you have to write the initializer exactly as it's defined. Of course, this seems obvious, but when you see a pop-up menu of different snippets, you might think they can be chosen but it only works if you already wrote the snippet initializer exactly as it's defined.
So when a snippet is called "html5"---as it's shown in my question---writing an extra opening bracket (<) will cause it to stop working. It cannot be expanded.
Also, don't forget to check out Siegfried Gevatter configuration. It's not possible to use tab key both for navigating into the pop-up menu and expanding the snippets.
P.S. It was nice if navigating through the pop-up menu could change the whole word (including the angle bracket), not just what succeeds it. This feature works this way in most of the other editors I see and that's probably why I wasn't able to spot the problem in the beginning.
To prepare an exam, I have to learn coding using google docs rather than using an IDE. It may seem idiot or impratical but the teacher really insists on that. It seems that is the same thing as Google interviews for example...
So far, I really got used with using two spaces indentation (I hate using tab indendation). And I want to learn how can I do that quickly in Google docs. Is there a shortcut or a "tips" (add-on?) for that?
For example, if you have an "if-condition" starting at the position number 4 and you want to move to the following line, it can be really convenient to have the cursor position at 4. Then, you'll add two spaces to start your block at position number 6. (ALL the if block will have at least position 6). But in Docs, when you move to the following line, the cursor always start at the beginning of the line except if you use the tab indentation. And it's really shitting if you want to indent your code properly...
Do you have a solution for that please ?
I was facing the same problem.
To write Python code in google docs, my solution is:
Switch off auto-capitalization, auto-correction and smart quotes. And other auto-substitutions so that you may write code without docs like formatting.
To do this: Tools> Preferences and uncheck the above items. Screen shots attached below.
Set tab to two spaces.
Right-click on ruler on top of page. Add left-tab stop, an arrow will appear, move this tab stop to 2 spaces from left of ruler. Try adding tab in the current line and if the tab size is OK, save this formatting.
To save:
Format > Paragraph Styles > Normal Text > Update 'Normal Text' to match.
Last, to add color(synatx highlight), you may use 'code blocks extension'.
Click install.
Now, write code in docs, select the code in google doc, click on:
Add-ons > Code Block. A pop up opens up.
Choose language : 'python' for me.
Choose theme: 'atom-one-dark'
click Format.
The code looks much like IDE, and writing more code is easier too.
While I understand that sometimes a point can be made by making students do things in a way that might not seem logical, this one doesn't make any sense to me.
Students don't learn anything useful by pressing space twice instead of letting an editor or IDE do it for them.
I wonder, is it because he/she wants it delivered in Google Docs or because they want you coding that way? If it's the latter, you won't have to hide your workaround.
I can only suggest using a good text editor, I always use the excellent and free Notepad++, and copy and paste it to and from Google Docs. Your instructor will never know. In fact, I'd be hunting around to see of there was a way to access your code files directly in Google Docs from Notepad++, or to auto-sync a folder with Google docs.
Notepad++ has syntax colouring - which will save your life - and can be set to indent with tabs or spaces to whatever indent width you specify. If not using an IDE, I only use Notepad++.
Your instructor sounds like some I had, people who cross a line from being quirky but with a point to make to just being a dick. There is absolutely no point in telling a student to code only in Google docs. Google docs is a great thing, I love it, but it is by no stretch of the imagination a coding tool.
(I see that this is an aged thread, but I'll respond in case someone else with a similar issue - like this year's class for that course - comes looking for an answer.)
You could try (ab)using bulleted lists:
Insert a bulleted list
Right click on the bullet, select "More bullets..."
In the "Symbol" selection list, choose "Format & whitespace" and select one of the whitespace options as bullet char
Repeat for as many levels (of bullet sub-lists) as you think you may need in your program
Fix indentation to match whatever feels best for you
Every time you need to write a nested block, you will have to press "tab" only once, then bullet list level is kept and the indentation with it. To go back to the outer block, just press shift-tab.
However, IMHO it doesn't worth the trouble. Generally, interview question solutions are not that large and hitting spacebar a couple of times is not much of an overhead.
It's somewhat cumbersome but you can set as many tab stops as you want, and docs will move nested tabs to the next tab stop as well. For example:
You can add tab stops by right clicking on that tab bar where you want the tab stop to be and clicking Add left tab stop. You'll want to have all text in the document selected if you want the tab stop to apply everywhere.
I use https://github.com/nsf/gocode in conjunction with https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim for my Go autocompletion.
It works really well, except for one little thing. When I type something like
fmt.pri
I get autocomplete option like so:
fmt.Println(a ...interface{}) (n int, err error)
Since I'm new to Go, this is super helpful, because now I know what arguments the method takes, what are the types, and also what does it return.
Unfortunately, as soon as I write past bracket, the information is gone.
fmt.Println(
So on more complex methods that I'm using for first time, I'm stuck, and have to jump to source definition, or run godoc.
It would be much easier to have that information available somewhere, preferably on the bottom of Vim where the command/status line is.
Does anyone know how such a thing could be achieved?
Preview window breaks my Vim so it's not an option.
I use autocomplpop (well, my fork of it) and it has a feature where it does a small split window with the completion text in it that sticks around. It does this when you set...
let g:acp_completeoptPreview = 1
I'm sure neocomplcache has a similar feature. Glancing through its documentation it discusses a preview window in several places. Search for preview in its docs and see what you can find.
This is ultimately controlled by 'completeopt' containing 'preview' (:h completeopt). The auto-completing packages often set these values as part of their functionality, which is why with autocomplpop you need to use its option to control it instead of just doing 'completeopt+=preview'.
I have installed MacVim, and https://github.com/skwp/dotfiles (including all the dependencies such as zsh, etc). and I am having trouble getting auto complete to work.
When I'm typing
<tit a pink box shows up with <title>Index</title> and according to the https://github.com/skwp/dotfiles documentation pressing tab will make it autocomplete. Which sometimes works, sometimes it just adds two spaces, however that's not really my question.
When it does auto complete it turns it into
<<title>Index</title>> notice the two < and >
How can I fix this?
Wow… 79 plugins? Really?
At a low level, your problem is that you give someone else too much power over your configuration, your toolset and your workflow.
At a higher level, you are probably misusing your config's auto-completion feature. I think that you have a conflict between the neocomplcache, delimitmate and snipmate plugins: the 1st deals with auto-completion, the 2nd automatically closes pairs of characters (<>,"",()…) while the 3rd does "tab-expansion" on the tit keyword.
Basically, I believe that you are supposed to type tit<Tab> instead of <tit<Tab> to avoid triggering delimitmate.
A product like Resharper has many settings, and I can't seem to find the right settings to get the exact behavior I desire from it.
The behavior I am trying to change is this:
Suppose the endresult I want is
but the line currently is
As you expect I start typing:
and after a tab I get this
but I wanted it to become
Does anyone know how I can change the Resharper settings in such a manner that my desired behavior is realized?
Thank you.
EDIT: Note that tab does perform the desired behavior in the default VS Intellisense.
In this particular case, here's what you should do:
Go to ReSharper > Options > Environment > IntelliSense > IntelliSense Behavior, and set Automatically insert parentheses after completion to Opening only.
Now, with the caret right before SomeMethod(), type in Math.Ab, and complete Abs with Enter, as correctly suggested by Rob H. You'll end up with Math.Abs(SomeMethod();
Finally, press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to invoke the Complete Statement, which in this case will insert the required parenthesis at the end of the statement, and put the caret on the next line.
Keep in mind though that this might not be the optimal solution provided that you probably have plenty of other usages of code completion that could conflict with this kind of settings change.
If that kind of similar code modification is required in multiple places, you should possibly create a search and replace pattern instead.
Hitting Enter instead of Tab will insert without overwriting, although you then end up with
Math.Abs()SomeMethod();