Auto-completion

Press Ctrl-Space to see a list of possible completions at the current cursor position. There are two types of completions:

In the popup, use the cursor keys to choose a suggested code or function template. Press Enter to select the current template. It will be inserted at the current cursor position.

For example, to add a new function, enter "fun" and press Ctrl-Space.

Variables

Completion also works for variables: if the cursor is located behind the start of a variable, e.g. "$c", pressing Ctrl-Space shows all variables in the current context starting with "$c".

Navigating within templates

Within a code or function template, press Tab to cycle between template parameters. Press Escape when you are done with the parameters and want to input an ordinary tab character.

Browsing the code

eXide not only parses the code currently open in the editor, it also knows all imported modules. To directly jump to the definition of a function in an imported module, place the cursor somewhere in the name of the called function and press F3. If the function is in an imported XQuery module, eXide will open it in a new tab. Note: this only works for modules written in XQuery, which reside in the database, not Java modules.

To get help on a called function, press F1 instead of F3 while the cursor is positioned within the function's name.

Browsing and importing modules

To open or import an XQuery module, press F4 anywhere in the editor to see all modules available in the database. To insert an import statement for a module at the current cursor position, click on the Import button. eXide automatically determines the path to use for the import. Modules residing in the same application collection will be imported with a relative path.

Note: the Import button will only be shown if the active editor tab contains an XQuery document.