| Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete [message #30821] |
Tue, 21 May 2002 18:31  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Tue, 21 May 2002 00:49:57 -0700, Carsten Lemmen wrote:
> Having switched from MatLab to IDL I miss alot the command line
> autocomplete functionality in IDL command history.
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> Example:
> idl> a=5
> idl> help,a
> idl> print,a
> idl> he <up-arrow>
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> typing 'he' on the command line and pressing the up arrow key should
> give me the most recent command starting with 'he', namely 'help,a' Is
> there an option/does anyone have a plugin to obtain this functionality?
>
If you use Emacs, give IDLWAVE a try (idlwave.org). Not only can you
search for prior commands (using regular expressions, no less), you can
also complete commands, keywords, classes, and much more.
Good luck,
JD
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| Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete [message #30920 is a reply to message #30821] |
Tue, 21 May 2002 23:31  |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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JD Smith wrote:
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> On Tue, 21 May 2002 00:49:57 -0700, Carsten Lemmen wrote:
>
>> Having switched from MatLab to IDL I miss alot the command line
>> autocomplete functionality in IDL command history.
>>
>> Example:
>> idl> a=5
>> idl> help,a
>> idl> print,a
>> idl> he <up-arrow>
>>
>> typing 'he' on the command line and pressing the up arrow key should
>> give me the most recent command starting with 'he', namely 'help,a' Is
>> there an option/does anyone have a plugin to obtain this functionality?
>>
>
> If you use Emacs, give IDLWAVE a try (idlwave.org). Not only can you
> search for prior commands (using regular expressions, no less), you can
> also complete commands, keywords, classes, and much more.
>
> Good luck,
>
> JD
Did someone have asked this as feature request by RSI ?
Reimar
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Institut fuer Stratosphaerische Chemie (ICG-I)
Forschungszentrum Juelich
email: R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de
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