Type autocomplete and "Go to Type" not work under Windows about go-lang-idea-plugin

[mtoader]

I haven't push a build with type complete on the idea plugins repository which means it can't work (unless you built it yourself :)).

About the Go to type: what works is the Ctrl + B shortcut when positioned on a type name inside a source file. I think you expected a Ctrl + N / Ctrl + Shift + N / Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N shortcut to work. Sadly that doesn't work.

I'll retest to make sure it works properly with the latest releases.

[akaspin]

I'm tried Ctrl+B. No luck. "Cannot find declaration..."

[mtoader]

Please tell me again your setup:

• IDEA version
• plugin version
• go release version
• os version

and tell me if you are able to compile a simple Hello World application.

If you are able to compile (meaning your setup is correct) then this is how it should work:

create a file with the following content

package x

import "fmt"

type X fmt.GoStringer

func main() {
var x X
var y fmt.Scanner
}

First check that the fmt.Scanner, fmt.GoStringer and X ( from the var x X declaration ) are green.
Second if put your cursor on any one of those tokens and hit Ctrl + B (using default keymap) you should jump to that type definiton: for example: from X you should jump to the type X type declaration and from fmt.GoStringer you should jump in a new open file named print.go with the cursor positioned at a declaration starting with: "type GoStringer interface {"

Now this might not work if you don't have a proper go sdk ( with sources ) but all the sdk's i saw have sources and i don't see how you couldn't :).

[mtoader]

Ah .. and you have no place to jump to for basic types: int, uint{8,16,32,64}, etc :).

[akaspin]

So. Some things. works. I recompile Go from tip (6326:a71c43c52bf6). Install Go Language Plugin 0.2.6 on Intellij IDEA Ultimate 95.538.

Test file with comments:

package x

import "fmt" // Autocomplete works

// Autocomplete not works
type X fmt.GoStringer // Green. Ctrl+B works.
type Y fmt.Formatter // Green. Ctrl+B works.
type Z fmt.Form // Green. But its error!

func main() {
    var x X var y fmt.Scanner
    // Ctrl+B from X works
    // fmt.Scanner is black and ends with error marker (semicolon.or.newline...)
    // Ctrl+B not works
}

[mtoader]

Ok :)

I haven't worked on highlighting issues with types resolving yet so the fmt.Form issue is expected.

the fmt.Scanner seems like a parsing error.

Thanks for the report.

[akaspin]

Oh. I forget about system.

• Windows 7 x64
• GOOS=windows
• GOARCH=386
• GOBIN=c:\go\bin
• GOROOT=c:\go

Can you tell me - what Go components are critical for editing (not compiling or running - I do it under debian). For example: I can put some packages inder go/src/pkg but can't compile them under Windows. Is it critical?

[mtoader]

two things:

• the sources under $GOROOT/src/pkg/xxx/ (the enable go to type and type completion)
• and a file named xxx.a under $GOROOT/pkg/ (if you want to be able to complete the package names inside the import declarations).