In a
text-input-pane
, performing a completion means replacing part of the text in the pane by the selected completion. In a file-completion, only the last part of the text (from the last directory separator) is replaced.
If a
text-input-pane
was made with
complete-do-action
true, once the completion was performed, if it is not file-completion and the completion is a directory, the callback of the pane is invoked.
In an
editor-pane
, while the in-place window is displayed, the editor highlights the part of the text that will be replaced. In non-file-completion it is the beginning of the "symbol", as seen by the editor, and the end of the "symbol". In a file-completion it is the part of the filename after the last directory separator.
Performing the completion in an
editor-pane
means replacing the highlighted text by the selected completion. The replacement is done as a single separate operation (for example
Undo
will undo the replacement separately from any previous changes).
CAPI User Guide (Unix version) - 30 Aug 2011