period/dot "." not recognized as word separator by autocomplete

[fabeit]

The autocomplete in ST4 does not recognize period as part of the same word. This is problematic for R code because many people use period for naming long variable such as variable.with.long.name

ST3 autocomplete recognized words that contained "." as one word.

I have tried to set "word_separators": "." in my preferences but it has no effect.

If this is a wanted feature it will probably push away many R users or force them to go back to ST3.

[deathaxe]

Actually default R package ships with a syntax specific R.sublime-settings file to exclude . from "word_separators" for exactly this reason. The issue is it being ignored by ST's auto-completion system (and probalby (m)any other functions).

Due to different requirements for each syntax those aspects need to be configurable.

see also: #238

forum thread: https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/sublime-text-4-r-code-autocomplete-doesnt-recognize-variables-with-period/58386

I am uncertain about labels. From perspective of a R user it is a regression. The solution might be seen as an enhancement of existing functionalities.

[fabeit]

Thank you for your response, so it seems I am not the only one with this problem. I find it confusing though that even if this issue has been known since 2014, everything was working fine in ST3.

[fabeit]

Are there any updates on this issue or do you plan to leave many R users behind?

[deathaxe]

Related with or caused by #4901