macOS Xcode 4 autocomplete (for, if, while)

[frnak]

Hi all

In Xcode 3, the program featured a great autocomplete, which can complete a layout for a for/if/while loop function quickly, just by typing "fo", "if", or "whi"

e.g. Writing if, xcode will autocomplete the following

if (expression) {

(statement)

}

Now that I've upgraded to Xcode 4, the autocomplete does not complete it for me anymore. As a student that writes a lot of these, it's frustrating to see this feature missing.

Any idea how to enable it? or is it really gone? (boo)

Thanks

 

[whooleytoo]

It's still there for me. I type "if", then pause, and it offers "if.." and "if... else..." auto-completions.

There's also the Code Snippets section, which while not as convenient is quite handy for snippets like this.

 

[frnak]

I just tried it, and it doesn't work for me...regardless of the pause

I'm currently writing in a command line based C file...

 

[whooleytoo]

Ah, that's probably it. It works fine in an Obj-C file, but not plain C. Not sure if there's a way of enabling it for C files, sorry.