Re: Autocompletion for GtkEntry

[Kristian Rietveld <kris gtk org>]

On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 21:04, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:
> > Kristian Rietveld <kris gtk org> writes: 
> > > So this is just how I feel about it, I know that I don't have any real
> > > arguments. But I would love to know how others think about this.
> > > 
> > 
> > I think it'd be useful to better define what you mean by complex and
> > simple:
> > 
> >  - what are the use cases we have in mind (file selector, Galeon,
> >    nautilus ?)

Those and usage in a simple text combo.

> >  - which use cases are supported by the complex version
> >  - which are supported by the simple version
> > 
> > In short, what are we giving up in the simple version, and is it
> > important.
> > 
> 
> Another way to sort this out might be:
> 
>  - what are the minimal hooks needed for GtkEntry to make it possible
>    for nautilus/galeon to use its native autocompletion in the
>    location bar?
> 
> i.e. is the EggCompletionFunc enough of a hook?

That would be interesting to know.

> 
> Naively I'd say you need to be able to:
> 
>  - tell GtkEntry the currently-active completion
> 
>  - tell GtkEntry the list of possible completions to show in the
>    dropdown
> 
>  - if you want the "show titles" feature, a way to pass that in
> 
> That's all the core API it seems like we need. Most of the work is in
> implementing the UI part (the dropdown, etc.)