[news.eclipse.technology.dltk] Re: Content assist contributor extension

[Clemens Anhuth <clemens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nitin Dahyabhai wrote:
> Clemens Anhuth wrote:
> > I am wondering if DLTK offers extension points for additional content 
> > assist contributors the way JDT and CDT do?
> >
> > (For example in case of a JavaScript project one might want to offer 
> > completion for Microsoft APIs or custom APIs which aren't supported 
> > out of the box by the DLTK-JavaScript IDE.)
>
> It *is* supported by WTP's JSDT, on the other hand, through its 
> org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.javaCompletionProposalComputer extension point.  
> But it sounds more like you should plug into the indexing so that the 
> files declaring those APIs are content assistable and resolvable like 
> everything else.

Hello Nitin,

Unfortunately in the case I am dealing with the problem is that there 
are no source code files in the scripting language at hand declaring the 
APIs. (I suspect it is similar with MS JScript APIs usable in WSH, 
JavaScript APIs in Adobe products, etc.)



With best regards

Clemens Anhuth