Auto-complete/suggestion popup menu in GtkTextView [closed]

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4528034

  •  13-10-2019
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Question

I'm trying to create a system that will allow me to respond to the current text and auto-complete/suggest what should come next. For example if the user starts to type "Batm" then the system would respond with a menu showing the full completed word "Batman". Think of an IDE like Eclipse or Visual Studio and you get the idea. I understand how to create a popup menu in Gtk+ but what I don't understand is the following:

  1. How do I grab the word that the user is currently typing from a GtkTextView (or SourceView) so that I can do a lookup and offer suggestions?

  2. How do I position the menu in such a way that it sits next to the current text item (like it would in an IDE)?

If anyone could offer suggestions or even a link to a tutorial or example on how to do this correctly I would be forever grateful.

As always thanks for you help!

Programming language: C

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Solution

I found this which was extremely helpful http://www.bravegnu.org/gtktext/x498.html

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