hi Mathieu
those examples look good, i was thinking of a very direct method, like typing in a linux terminal, so that the rest of the object name would appear in the object box being created, or when there are a number of options beginning with ff* for instance, then maybe an additional max msp type box like shown in your screenshots which highlights a choice/guess immediately, so focus shifts to the "object choice list box" and the choice of object made using the up/down cursor keys....
the linux style tab autocomplete seemed like a very elegant way to do this, what i had in mind was some kind of method which doesn't even use any extra boxes, but completes the rest of the object name (or as much of the name as possible before the user has to choose the final letters to select the object they want)
all the best adam
another one i've been mulling over is some kind of
linux style tab
autocomplete feature which guesses the name of the
object one is
creating when tab is pressed.. maybe could speed
things up a bit
You mean sort of like the following?
http://artengine.ca/matju/impd/gallery/completions.gif
http://artengine.ca/matju/impd/gallery/class_list_3.gif
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