Notepad++ SU8 Ruby API Autocomplete

Dan Rathbun · 2 Feb 2011, 11:09

Here's the 1.8.6 constant list for the Float class:

		<Keyword name="Float;;DIG"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;EPSILON"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MANT_DIG"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MAX"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MAX_10_EXP"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MAX_EXP"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MIN"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MIN_10_EXP"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;MIN_EXP"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;RADIX"/>
		<Keyword name="Float;;ROUNDS"/>

Dan Rathbun · 2 Feb 2011, 12:26

Here's the 1.8.6 constant list for the IO class:

		<Keyword name="IO;;APPEND"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;BINARY"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;CREAT"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;EXCL"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;FNM_CASEFOLD"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;FNM_DOTMATCH"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;FNM_NOESCAPE"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;FNM_PATHNAME"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;FNM_SYSCASE"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;LOCK_EX"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;LOCK_NB"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;LOCK_SH"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;LOCK_UN"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;NONBLOCK"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;RDONLY"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;RDWR"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;SEEK_CUR"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;SEEK_END"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;SEEK_SET"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;TRUNC"/>
		<Keyword name="IO;;WRONLY"/>

Dan Rathbun · 2 Feb 2011, 13:31

Here's the 1.8.6 constant list AND class methods for the Marshal module:

		<Keyword name="Marshal;;MAJOR_VERSION"/>
		<Keyword name="Marshal;;MINOR_VERSION"/>
		<Keyword name="Marshal;;dump" func="yes">
			<Overload retVal="String" descr="Returns String result of serializing obj and all descendent objects.">
				<Param name="~Object obj" />
			</Overload>
			<Overload retVal="~IO" descr="Returns io_obj, after writing to it, the serialized data for obj and all descendent objects.">
				<Param name="~Object obj" />
				<Param name="~IO io_obj" />
			</Overload>
			<Overload retVal="~IO" descr="Returns io_obj, after writing to it, the serialized data for obj and the descendent objects limited to the specified depth (if non-negative. Default depth=-1)">
				<Param name="~Object obj" />
				<Param name="~IO io_obj" />
				<Param name="~Integer depth" />
			</Overload>
		</KeyWord>
		<Keyword name="Marshal;;load" func="yes">
			<Overload retVal="~Object" descr="Returns the result of converting the serialized data in source into a Ruby object (possibly with associated subordinate objects). source may be either an instance of IO or an object that responds to to_str().">
				<Param name="~IO|^String source" />
			</Overload>
			<Overload retVal="~Object" descr="Returns the result of converting the serialized data in source into a Ruby object (possibly with associated subordinate objects). source may be either an instance of IO or an object that responds to to_str(). If proc_obj is specified, it will be passed each object as it is deserialized.">
				<Param name="~IO|^String source" />
				<Param name="Proc proc_obj" />
			</Overload>
		</KeyWord>
		<Keyword name="Marshal;;restore" func="yes">
			<Overload retVal="~Object" descr="Alias for Marshal;;load() Returns the result of converting the serialized data in source into a Ruby object (possibly with associated subordinate objects). source may be either an instance of IO or an object that responds to to_str().">
				<Param name="~IO|^String source" />
			</Overload>
			<Overload retVal="~Object" descr="Alias for Marshal;;load() Returns the result of converting the serialized data in source into a Ruby object (possibly with associated subordinate objects). source may be either an instance of IO or an object that responds to to_str(). If proc_obj is specified, it will be passed each object as it is deserialized.">
				<Param name="~IO|^String source" />
				<Param name="Proc proc_obj" />
			</Overload>
		</KeyWord>

As an experiment, in parameters, I used:
"~" to denote "this class or subclass"
"^" to denote "implictly convertable to" (which would include the class and any subclasses.)

for ex: ^Integer would mean: " Integer class, subclass, or object that implements a to_i() method."

driven · 3 Feb 2011, 15:41

Hi Dan,

This is the sort of thing I want to check in SU ruby on the mac,
Your first snip seems to bring up loads more methods than what your posting, are you editing yours down?

I'd like to do more, but adding the code to get the extra bits is beyond me.

Would you mind sharing Marshal snippet, and will that work with all modules?

Is the a 1.8.6 module that simply didn't exist at all in 1.8.5 that I could test for?

cheers

john

	<Keyword name="File;;FNM_CASEFOLD;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_DOTMATCH"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_DOTMATCH;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_NOESCAPE"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_NOESCAPE;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_PATHNAME"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_PATHNAME;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_SYSCASE"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;FNM_SYSCASE;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_EX"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_EX;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_NB"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_NB;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_SH"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_SH;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_UN"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;LOCK_UN;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;NOCTTY"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;NOCTTY;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;NONBLOCK"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;NONBLOCK;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;PATH_SEPARATOR"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;PATH_SEPARATOR;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;RDONLY"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;RDONLY;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;RDWR"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;RDWR;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_CUR"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_CUR;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_END"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_END;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_SET"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEEK_SET;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEPARATOR"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SEPARATOR;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SYNC"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;SYNC;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;Separator"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;Separator;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;Stat"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;Stat;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;TRUNC"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;TRUNC;;File"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;WRONLY"/>
		<Keyword name="File;;WRONLY;;File"/>
["ALT_SEPARATOR", "APPEND", "CREAT", "Constants", "EXCL", "FNM_CASEFOLD", "FNM_DOTMATCH", "FNM_NOESCAPE", "FNM_PATHNAME", "FNM_SYSCASE", "LOCK_EX", "LOCK_NB", "LOCK_SH", "LOCK_UN", "NOCTTY", "NONBLOCK", "PATH_SEPARATOR", "RDONLY", "RDWR", "SEEK_CUR", "SEEK_END", "SEEK_SET", "SEPARATOR", "SYNC", "Separator", "Stat", "TRUNC", "WRONLY"]

thomthom · 3 Feb 2011, 15:55

Thanks Dan for posting this.

thomthom · 3 Feb 2011, 15:55

Btw, I think I'll upload the list to BitBucket. I'll do that later today.

thomthom · 3 Feb 2011, 16:36

Moved files into a BitBucket repository: https://bitbucket.org/thomthom/notepad-sketchup-autocomplete/

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 16:40

@driven said:

This is the sort of thing I want to check in SU ruby on the mac,
Your first snip seems to bring up loads more methods than what your posting, ...

"methods" ?? The snippet lists Constants. You mean this snippet ??
Errno.constants.sort.each {|e| puts %Q[\t\t<Keyword name="Errno::#{e}"/>\n\t\t<Keyword name="Errno::#{e}::Errno"/>\n] }

@driven said:

... are you editing yours down?

NO .. BUT the Errno module is created dynamically by Ruby at startup, and MAY DIFFERfrom platform to platform (ie, from one Operating System to another.)

The count on the PC is 73 Constants within Errno module (pointing at SystemCallError exception subclass instances,) each of whom have a local constant Errno that wraps their private instance method errno(). SO a grandtotal of 146 module Errno constants on the PC.

Just to be on the safe side.. and to be sure that Global Constants (defined in Object,) are not propagating into the Errno module, in Ruby 1.8.5 .... use the following snippet, and post the results here in a code box, please.

(Errno.constants.sort-Object.constants.sort).each {|e| puts %Q[\t\t<Keyword name="Errno::#{e}"/>\n\t\t<Keyword name="Errno::#{e}::Errno"/>\n] }

driven · 3 Feb 2011, 16:54

here it is, I'm running these through Ruby Console, so aren't they shielded from external globals? and I know I still get names messed about, sorry.. john

>> (Errno.constants.sort-Object.constants.sort).each {|e| puts %Q[\t\t<Keyword name="Errno;;#{e}"/>\n\t\t<Keyword name="Errno;;#{e};;Errno"/>\n] }
		<Keyword name="Errno;;E2BIG"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;E2BIG;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EACCES"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EACCES;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EADDRINUSE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EADDRINUSE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EADDRNOTAVAIL"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EADDRNOTAVAIL;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EAFNOSUPPORT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EAFNOSUPPORT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EAGAIN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EAGAIN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EALREADY"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EALREADY;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBADF"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBADF;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBADMSG"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBADMSG;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBUSY"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EBUSY;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECHILD"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECHILD;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNABORTED"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNABORTED;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNREFUSED"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNREFUSED;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNRESET"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ECONNRESET;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDEADLK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDEADLK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDESTADDRREQ"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDESTADDRREQ;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDOM"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDOM;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDQUOT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EDQUOT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EEXIST"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EEXIST;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EFAULT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EFAULT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EFBIG"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EFBIG;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EHOSTDOWN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EHOSTDOWN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EHOSTUNREACH"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EHOSTUNREACH;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EIDRM"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EIDRM;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EILSEQ"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EILSEQ;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINPROGRESS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINPROGRESS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINTR"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINTR;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINVAL"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EINVAL;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EIO"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EIO;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EISCONN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EISCONN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EISDIR"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EISDIR;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ELOOP"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ELOOP;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMFILE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMFILE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMLINK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMLINK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMSGSIZE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMSGSIZE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMULTIHOP"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EMULTIHOP;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENAMETOOLONG"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENAMETOOLONG;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETDOWN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETDOWN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETRESET"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETRESET;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETUNREACH"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENETUNREACH;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENFILE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENFILE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOBUFS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOBUFS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENODATA"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENODATA;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENODEV"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENODEV;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOENT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOENT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOEXEC"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOEXEC;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOLCK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOLCK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOLINK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOLINK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOMEM"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOMEM;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOMSG"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOMSG;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOPROTOOPT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOPROTOOPT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSPC"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSPC;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSR"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSR;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSTR"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSTR;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSYS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOSYS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTBLK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTBLK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTCONN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTCONN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTDIR"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTDIR;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTEMPTY"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTEMPTY;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTSOCK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTSOCK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTTY"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENOTTY;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENXIO"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ENXIO;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EOPNOTSUPP"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EOPNOTSUPP;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EOVERFLOW"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EOVERFLOW;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPERM"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPERM;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPFNOSUPPORT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPFNOSUPPORT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPIPE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPIPE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTO"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTO;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTONOSUPPORT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTONOSUPPORT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTOTYPE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EPROTOTYPE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ERANGE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ERANGE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EREMOTE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EREMOTE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EROFS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EROFS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESHUTDOWN"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESHUTDOWN;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESOCKTNOSUPPORT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESPIPE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESPIPE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESRCH"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESRCH;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESTALE"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ESTALE;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETIME"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETIME;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETIMEDOUT"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETIMEDOUT;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETOOMANYREFS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETOOMANYREFS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETXTBSY"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;ETXTBSY;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EUSERS"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EUSERS;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EWOULDBLOCK"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EWOULDBLOCK;;Errno"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EXDEV"/>
		<Keyword name="Errno;;EXDEV;;Errno"/>
["E2BIG", "EACCES", "EADDRINUSE", "EADDRNOTAVAIL", "EAFNOSUPPORT", "EAGAIN", "EALREADY", "EBADF", "EBADMSG", "EBUSY", "ECHILD", "ECONNABORTED", "ECONNREFUSED", "ECONNRESET", "EDEADLK", "EDESTADDRREQ", "EDOM", "EDQUOT", "EEXIST", "EFAULT", "EFBIG", "EHOSTDOWN", "EHOSTUNREACH", "EIDRM", "EILSEQ", "EINPROGRESS", "EINTR", "EINVAL", "EIO", "EISCONN", "EISDIR", "ELOOP", "EMFILE", "EMLINK", "EMSGSIZE", "EMULTIHOP", "ENAMETOOLONG", "ENETDOWN", "ENETRESET", "ENETUNREACH", "ENFILE", "ENOBUFS", "ENODATA", "ENODEV", "ENOENT", "ENOEXEC", "ENOLCK", "ENOLINK", "ENOMEM", "ENOMSG", "ENOPROTOOPT", "ENOSPC", "ENOSR", "ENOSTR", "ENOSYS", "ENOTBLK", "ENOTCONN", "ENOTDIR", "ENOTEMPTY", "ENOTSOCK", "ENOTTY", "ENXIO", "EOPNOTSUPP", "EOVERFLOW", "EPERM", "EPFNOSUPPORT", "EPIPE", "EPROTO", "EPROTONOSUPPORT", "EPROTOTYPE", "ERANGE", "EREMOTE", "EROFS", "ESHUTDOWN", "ESOCKTNOSUPPORT", "ESPIPE", "ESRCH", "ESTALE", "ETIME", "ETIMEDOUT", "ETOOMANYREFS", "ETXTBSY", "EUSERS", "EWOULDBLOCK", "EXDEV"]

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 17:00

@driven said:

Would you mind sharing Marshal snippet, and will that work with all modules?

I'm not sure what you are asking for.

Marshal::constants.sort
>> ["MAJOR_VERSION", "MINOR_VERSION"]

Marshal::singleton_methods.sort
>> ["dump", "load", "restore"]

The Marshal module has been part of Standard Ruby since the very early days. It's listed in the old "Pick-Axe" book which was Ruby circa 1.6.x

By the way.. can Safari open a CHM (Compiled HTML Help Markup,) file natively without a plugin ??

If so.. you should get at least the Reference for v1.8.6 in this post.
~

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 17:04

@driven said:

here it is, ...

Looks like there are 85 of them on the Mac (thanks John.)

@driven said:

...I'm running these through Ruby Console, so aren't they shielded from external globals?

HELL NO. The Ruby Console runs WITHIN Object, anything you define there becomes global. That's why it's dangerous to define methods in the console.. they get inherited by ALL objects.

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 17:05

BUT if running one of the WebConsoles ... you might be within the coder's namespace instead of Object.

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 17:30

@driven said:

Is the a 1.8.6 module that simply didn't exist at all in 1.8.5 that I could test for?

Well I'm purty sure module DanZoid did not exist in Ruby 1.8.5... or any version. (snicker)

Offhand I dont know of one such module (mostly the changes have been adding or removing methods and constants, and fixing bugs.)

I don't really have a good 1.8.5 reference... just all those numerous YAML documents in share\ri\1.8\system and I don't have time to learn how to use rdoc to generate a HTML help page right now.

If you want to know what happens when a non-existant module (or class,) is referenced in Ruby, the answer is that a NameError exception is raised.

Try it at the console...
puts DrivenUpTheWall.methods
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driven · 3 Feb 2011, 18:47

@dan rathbun said:

Here's the 1.8.6 constant list AND class methods for the Marshal module:

As an experiment, in parameters, I used:
"~" to denote "this class or subclass"
"^" to denote "implictly convertable to" (which would include the class and any subclasses.)

for ex: ^Integer would mean: " Integer class, subclass, or object that implements a to_i() method."

Hi Dan,
What I was trying to say is I don't know the method you used to get the additional information about this Constant.
I tried a couple of things to add it to the other code snippet, but I have had no luck (which is what's required for me).

I realise if a method doesn't exist it throws an error, so what I'm looking for is a method that didn't exist in 1.8.5 (which SkechUp says its using on Macs), if this newer Ruby/Class/Constant, etc.., is present then SU must be referencing or have access to other installed versions.

There's a native coca utility http://chmox.sourceforge.net/ for reading CHM on OSX, forgot I had, so now I'll have a look.

The other thing I'm always looking for is what makes WebDialog different on the Mac, so probing SU through the ruby console appeals to me.

Not to mention that autocomplete on a Mac editor would be a good thing...

john

thomthom · 3 Feb 2011, 19:08

@driven said:

Not to mention that autocomplete on a Mac editor would be a good thing...

I use TextMate, would be nice to get an autocomplete for that. If that's even possible...

Dan Rathbun · 3 Feb 2011, 19:41

@driven said:

@dan rathbun said:

Here's the 1.8.6 constant list AND class methods for the Marshal module:

What I was trying to say is I don't know the method you used to get the additional information about this Constant.

If you mean the text that is in the XML descr attributes.. that I just copy and pasted manually out of the Ruby Core Reference Help CHM. Then edited it a bit to make it more readable, more concise, etc. (Sometimes those Japanese guys who work on the Ruby Core don't write the best English.)

Of course... doing that manually for all of the methods in Ruby and the Sketchup API is a lifetime project.

I'm looking at seeing if I can script it.. at least grabbing the text that can be edited and cut-down later. (Notepad++ has a memory limit to the text for each function.)

@@ThomThom - That BitBucket website just about locks up MSIE 7. But I stopped posting new constant lists, as I realized that it is better the write a plugin that generates the XML files, so I've been working on that. Also need to write a database utility, or maybe a webform so the functions and overloads can be added, edited, etc. more easily by multiple people.

driven · 3 Feb 2011, 20:08

@thomthom said:

I use TextMate, would be nice to get an autocomplete for that. If that's even possible...

I'll try this with TextWrangler, and let you know how it pans out http://c-command.com/bbautocomplete/

john

thomthom · 3 Feb 2011, 20:13

@dan rathbun said:

@@ThomThom - That BitBucket website just about locks up MSIE 7

hm... No problems in IE8 here. (Don't have IE7 any more on any of my machines.)

unclex · 9 Feb 2011, 03:28

Wonderful!!!!!!

Jim · 2 Jun 2012, 20:56

This seems sort on hard to maintain as a .xml file. Would it be easier to manage as in a different format that could be translated into the .xml?

Maybe a spreadsheet?
(A read-only version of the actual Spreadsheet)

Edit - see next post.