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The scripting editor contains the following features :
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Syntax highlighting
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With syntax highlighting all the words and types that are known in python will be shown as colored text. To configure the color schema go to the DeltaShell installation folder and navigate to the plugins\DeltaShell.Plugins.Scripting.Gui folder. Here the XML file "Python.xshd" contains all the information used for syntax highlighting.
Code completion
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Code completion is used to give the you quick access to all properties, events and methods of the variable that you are working on. When activated a list will be shown showing all the options for this variable and the documentation for the selected element. To filter the list continue typing, and the list will filter out all non matching elements. To select an element press the up and down keys and enter to confirm. If an empty list is shown, then the type of the variable can not be determined or the variable has no elements to show.
Code completion is activated when a '.' is typed or when Ctrl + Space is pressed.
Show extra characters
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These options are added to show you the space, tab and line end characters. This can be important because pythons logic uses indenting for its statements/
- Spaces :
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- End of line :
Regions
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Regions are used to mark code blocks, and gives you the ability to collapse these blocks to 1 line with a title.
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Ribbon :
When you open a scripting editor in DeltaShell a Scripting tab will appear in the DeltaShell ribbon. This ribbon has the following additional options :
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