code-template for e.g. creating a new dialect
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Code completion helps to create or modify elements. When it comes to create new elements, this sometimes is not enough. This applies e.g. when creating a new 'dialect' - it consist of a lot of optional keywords. One could support the user by providing a template: When hitting CTRL space at a location where the keyword 'dialect' is applicable, the user will be offered to complete with not only the keyword dialect, but with a complete example for a dialect. As a user the template allows you to navigate through the variables by hitting TAB and to accept or change the suggested values:
dialect UniqDialect {
delimiter "${delimiter:,}"
commentPrefix "#"
doubleQuote true
encoding "utf-8"
header true
headerRowCount 1
lineTerminators "\\r\\n"
quoteChar '${quoteChar:\\"}'
skipBlankRows false
skipColumns 0
skipInitialSpace false
skipRows 0
trim false
}
@mchlrch Is there a reasonable set of dialect properties to put into a template? Or are maybe different flavors of templates to be offered?
For the dialect, the flavors "common" and "full" could be offered:
common:
dialect UniqDialect {
delimiter "${delimiter:,}"
encoding "utf-8"
header true
quoteChar '${quoteChar:\\"}'
}
Including more templates in the editor is generally a good idea.
There's issue #6 related to that as well