EG autocomplete one equals sign

[Quentin]

Hi,

In EG 7.13, I'm having a problem with autocomplete.

I have it set to autocomplete on third character.

If I type:

proc sort data=sashelp.class out

it brings up the autocomplete dropdown to complete out and defaults to out=

Ignoring the autocomplete, I type an = and the code autocompletes to:

proc sort data=sashelp.class outout=

So it looks like typing = is being taken as accepting the autocomplete suggestion, and it's duplicating instead of duplicating.  Only seems to happen when the word I'm typing is three characters long.  If I double click an option in the autocomplete suggestion, it still fails to replace the out which I typed, so if I click out2, I end up with outout2= .

If I set to autcomplete on second character, I have the same problem with two character words.  That is, if I type in= I will get inin= .

Thanks,

--Q.

[CaseySmith]

Hi Quentin,

I'm not able to reproduce in EG 7.13 HF5 using your steps.  Have you changed other Autocomplete options other than "Autocomplete on: Third character" (in Program->Editor Options...->Autocomplete tab)?  What specific version of EG 7.13 are you using (version in Help->About box)?

Casey

[Quentin]

Thanks @CaseySmith.  I'm using 7.13 HF3 (7.100.3.5438) (64-bit) .

I don't think I've changed anything else, except for turning off the option to commit on spacebar.  My settings look like:

[CaseySmith]

Thanks @Quentin.  I made sure my options matched exactly, but I still can't reproduce.  One of our developers (who supports the editor) is also attempting to reproduce and looking into.

[Quentin]

Thanks @CaseySmith  .  I realized I missed an obvious clue.  In the session, I have a libref named OUT (and also a libref named IN).

So in a new EG session, I don't have the problem unless I run that libname statement.

With it set to autocomplete after three characters, I  can replicate it with just:

libname out "%sysfunc(pathname(work))" ;

proc sort data=sashelp.class out

First, execute the libname statement.  Then if you delete the token OUT on the proc sort and type out=, I get outout=. 

If it doesn't do it the first time, please just delete out=

and then type out= a second time.  For me, it happens consistently after the first time.

Sorry I didn't think of this.  OUT is one of my standard libraries.  I'm working on a remote terminal server.  Not sure if they updated the version of EG recently. I've been working on this box for a few months, I think I would have noticed this before, as I always have IN and OUT librares, and often code in= and out=. 

[CaseySmith · Accepted solution]

Thanks @Quentin!  That was the missing clue.  I am now able to reproduce (which greatly increases our ability to debug and potentially fix the issue).  I will enter it into our tracking system.

Casey

[Quentin]

Thanks @CaseySmith.  Sorry I didn't think of my OUT library sooner.  Appreciate the confirmation that I'm not seeing things that aren't there. : )

[Otto]

I have had this same problem for a very long time.  I typically noticed it with the word "data".

If I were trying to type out a set statement and I said something like

proc sort data=

it would actually show up in the editor like this as soon as I hit the equals sign

proc sort datadata=

However, thanks to @Quentin's post, I have at least identified that the issue is tied to using libname statements like 

libname data '/path/to/lib';

Unfortunately, this is a pretty common library name for me.  I'm going to stop using it until this bug is fixed, but it will still be there in other people's code that I have to work with.  Has been happening since at least EG 5