Ctrl+Shift+T not showing the expression type

Created March 29, 2020 20:23

I'm just starting up with MPS and following the fast track videos (so far great, by the way!).
I noticed that when I press Ctrl+Shift+T, MPS doesn't showing the expression type window.
What am I missing?

This is my environment:

JetBrains MPS 2019.3.3
Build #MPS-193.1331, built on February 24, 2020
Runtime version: 11.0.5+10-b520.38 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 10 10.0
GC: ParNew, ConcurrentMarkSweep
Memory: 1981M
Cores: 8
Registry: ide.mac.message.dialogs.as.sheets=false, idea.invalidate.caches.invalidates.vfs=true
Non-Bundled Plugins: com.vladsch.idea.multimarkdown

Thanks.

5 comments

Mathias V.

Created March 29, 2020 20:25

I answerd my onw question: It seems that the video was shot with an older version. In the newer versions, the shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+P.

Vaclav Pech

Created March 30, 2020 03:54

Hello,

you are correct. Can you point me to the video so that I could update it, please?

Vaclav

Mathias V.

Created April 11, 2020 19:59

Hello Vaclav,

here are my comments on the Fast Track to MPS blog page:

There are multiple references to use Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T in the in the video collection under "Step 6 - Creating your first language". For instance, in the video Introduction to JetBrains MPS, part 3: Constraints at 3:40. I found that the easiest way to locate them is by scrolling through the video and checking the (blue?) popup messages. I can't recall if other videos referenced after Step 6 have the same problem.
The video "explanatory screen-cast showing you round the language definition fundamentals" referenced under "Step 4 - MPS from the language designer's perspective" doesn't exist anymore.

So far, the Fast Track post has been an excellent resource for me to learn MPS. Thanks!

Vaclav Pech

Created April 15, 2020 08:39

Hello Mathias,

thank you for the pointers. It seems that you are referring to an older version of the tutorial. The current one at https://www.jetbrains.com/help/mps/2019.3/fast-track-to-mps.html has some of the issues already fixed. Anyways, I'll go through the suggested videos.

Vaclav

Mathias V.

Created April 15, 2020 17:59

You are right; my mistake. Don't know how I ended up in the help of an older version.

Thanks.

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