[OS X TeX] BibDesk Autocompletion with \eqref{}

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:56, Michael S. Hanson wrote:

> 	I've noticed an odd occurrence when I attempt to use autocompletion  
> with \eqref{} (a feature which was added with version 1.2.6 of  
> BibDesk, according to the release notes):  if I type more than 5  
> characters within the brackets of \eqref{}, autocompletion does not  
> work.  Five or fewer characters, and it works fine.  Autocompletion  
> with \ref{} does not seem to vary with the number of characters  
> typed.  Can anyone confirm this behavior?  (I've noticed this oddity  
> with TeXShop 2.09c and 2.09d.)  Thanks.

I can confirm some of this, since I wrote the code :).  It starts at  
the insertion point and looks backwards 12 characters (or to the  
beginning of the document, if it's less than 12 characters in length).  
Autocompletion with \ref should have a similar limitation, just a bit  
larger.  Why 12 characters?  I don't remember.

This is to avoid searching backwards through the entire document to  
find the last \ref, the last \pageref, and the last \eqref, and then  
comparing locations to see which is nearest the insertion point.  That  
could be really slow for a large document.

Adam
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