How does the abbreviation list work?

[DenDuze]

Hi, I'm very new to P3 but I like what I see .... I'm wondering how the abbreviation list works? Normally when you type for example "dvch" in the Progress editor it is replaced by "define variable as character no-undo" but that does not happen on my system. Is this normal on default install op 3P or do I need to make some setting to make this work?

Regards

[jcaillon]

Hello,

I consider 2 cases :

• abbreviations as defined by openedge, which is a short name for a complete keyword (for instance DEF is the short version of DEFINE)
• snippets as defined in the procedure editor, which are a list of shortcuts you can type to autocomplete into a single keyword or a full statement (e.g. dvch)

The first case is implemented, the latter is not. However, this has been on my TODO list for quite a while and I think I will priotitize this for the next big update.

Regards

[DenDuze]

Great !!