I rarely see people using Windows' built-in global keyboard shortcuts for window management or for working with Windows Explorer (available in Windows 7 and above). The GitHub repository contains information on the available commands and shortcuts.Keep your fingers on the keyboard by using these keyboard shortcuts. The Sublime plugin provides a number of commands and keyboard shortcuts for ease of use. The hover UI provides a def link to do so. You can also jump to the definition of a module, class or function from your local codebase using Kite. When triggered, the documentation shows up in the Copilot. You may also select the Kite: Docs at Cursor command from the command palette.
If you hover your mouse over an identifier, you can click on the “Docs” link to open the documentation in the Copilot.
Kite can also quickly retrieve documentation for the code you are working with. Kite can also suggest completions for generic code structure, such as control structures and variable assignments, to name a few. When a snippet is selected, you will be able to cycle through the arguments with the tab key and make the necessary changes. For example, Kite can provide snippets for calling functions. If you have upgraded to Kite Pro, Kite may suggest completions that can complete multiple words at once. If you are calling a function that you have defined locally, Kite will extract patterns from your codebase directly instead of GitHub. Kite learns these calling patterns by analyzing all the open source code available on GitHub and then ranks them from most popular to last popular. The “How others used this” section in the bottom half of the UI shows you common ways other programmers use the function json.dumps. You may also click on the "Show" **kw link to show the arguments that are found in the keyword arguments dictionary.Īs you type, Kite will stay in-sync with your cursor and highlight which argument you are currently focused on. Arguments with default values will also have their default values shown.
The top half of the UI shows the arguments that the function accepts.
Kite should show you information about how to call json.dumps. Function signaturesĬontinuing with the example code above, complete the function call to by typing the opening parentheses. In the case of name and attribute completions, Kite will also provide the type of value represented by the completion e.g. An example of an attribute completion would be: import json The example above illustrates a name expression completion. Kite can provide completions for Python keywords, name expressions, or attribute expressions. Now type the following code: import j$Ī list of suggested completions should automatically appear. Make sure that this file has been saved with a. In the following sections, the $ character indicates the position of your editor's text cursor. Note: If you're running Kite for the first time, it may take several minutes for Kite to finish indexing your codebase. This typically means that you are coding in an unsaved file or a filetype not yet supported by Kite. There are a handful of possible states Kite can be in, as described in the following table: Message If Kite is installed properly, you should see a text indicator at the bottom left corner of the Sublime window. Note: If you installed the Sublime plugin while Sublime was already running, you'll need to restart Sublime for the plugin to activate. If you don't have the Sublime plugin installed, you can learn how to do so here. The only prerequisites are that you have Kite Engine running and the Sublime plugin installed. In this article, you'll learn how to access all the features the Sublime plugin has to offer for Python.