Add environment and commands for completion in WinEdt

Question

Since version 10.2, Winedt allows completing commands while writing. Nevertheless, not all commands are possible to be completed.

Is there a way to adds further commands or an environment?

In particular,

\begin{definition}

 - 

\end{definition} 

automatically

Answer 1

It is possible.

To add commands, open the file LaTeX.dic (you can find it in %B\Dict\LaTeX folder), add all the commands you want (one per line).

Then sort the file as a dictionary (Tools -> Sort Lines).

Choose "Dictionary" as a Compare Table, press Sort and then OK.

Save the file and restart WinEdt.

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To add more environments, it is a bit more complicated. Do the following:

1. Show the "Options Interface" (Options -> Options Interface)

   

2. Double-click the "Auto Complete" item (AutoComplete.ini gets opened)

3. Just before the line

   END="LaTeX Environments"
   

   add the following lines

       OBJECT="definition"
         MACRO="LetReg(-1,!'  ');"+        // Content placeholder (optionally indented)
               "Exe('%b\Macros\Auto Complete\TeXEnv.edt');"
   

   Substitute definition and do the same for other environments you want to add.

4. Press Shift+Ctrl+F9 to reload the file.

That's all.