RFE: rope completion for python

[gabriele.lanaro]

For python there's a really good autocompletion engine that works out-of-the-box without any work. It's the rope refactoring library that contains a good code assist based on the analysis of the text typed in the editor (it's also quite fast).
http://rope.sourceforge.net/
It would be nice a plugin that can leverage this package, maybe I can write also on my own but it's difficult for me to start.
What do you think about? Where to start?

[Mystilleef (mystilleef)]

I like it. It should be part of Scribes. I don't want the IDE-specific features though. Scribes is not an IDE. And will not become one. So all the analysis has to be done based on the assumption that each document is independent. We also have to figure out which features can help boost users productivity and how we are going to expose its benefits to the user. If we can find a way to automate all the smarts for the user without having the user learn anything, then mission accomplished.

As for writing plugins just take a look at how the other plugins are written. They're pretty straightforward, I hope. I'll be happy to help you along the way.

[gabriele.lanaro (gabriele-lanaro)]

Thank you very much for the quick feedback and for pointing out you ideas, I think that is really important to focus on this requirements, that makes scribes a really good editor!