| autocomplete [message #43347] |
Wed, 30 March 2005 00:48  |
maarten
Messages: 30
Registered: April 2002
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Hello everybody,
I was wondering whether it is possible to have some sort of
autocompletion at the IDL prompt in Linux. When working in Matlab for
example typing the first few letters of a command or file and pressing
'tab' results in automatic completing the rest. (the same way the
xterminal works). Another very useful feature is that when the first few
letters are typed, pressing 'arrow up' results in only history results
that start with these letters. Is it possible to have this implemented
in IDL, or are there any other 'terminal' like command lines that offer
these features in which IDL can be run. At the moment I am running IDL
at the command line under Linux.
I hope someone knows whether this is possible, or that RSINC is working
on something like this. Because in my opinion it would greatly improve IDL.
Cheers maarten.
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| Re: autocomplete [message #43357 is a reply to message #43347] |
Thu, 07 April 2005 14:46  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:02:39 -0700, ismxray@yahoo.com wrote:
> The IDLWAVE is really what I want for such a long time in the
> terminals.
> But when I work throung the tutorial, I cannot make it work in Xemacs,
> for such M-TAB to show the routine info, and plot_ + "TAB" to
> autocomplete the command line
> in shell. However, I can make it in emacs. I use the pre-compiled
> idlwave-xemacs package.
> And I have to disable the CTRL+TAB, ALT+TAB in KDE, which is used to
> switch the windows
> in KDE by default. How can one make IDLWAVE work in Xemacs just as in
> emacs? Thanks!
It's possible your package isn't being found by XEmacs. I'm not an
expert on XEmacs packages, but look for "IDLWAVE" in the command line, and
ensure that C-h v idlwave-mode-version [RET] is the version you expect.
Routine info is on C-c ? by default. Completion is M-Tab in a buffer, and
plain Tab in the shell.
JD
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| Re: autocomplete [message #43384 is a reply to message #43347] |
Wed, 06 April 2005 17:53 |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:24:31 -0600, savoie wrote:
> savoie@nsidc.org writes:
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>> JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> writes:
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>>> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:56:08 +0200, maarten wrote:
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>>> I just discovered C-c M-r, which is comint's way of doing a search for
>>> previous input based on the existing input, without any prompting.
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>> Oh! look at that. I'll be replacing that right away. :) Not that I don't
>> love your hack....
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> I spoke too soon. The comint-previous-matching-input-from-input, only
> searches back from what's on the beginning of the line.
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> so if I have a print of a strange variable name, with the comint way I have
> to start the line with
> IDL> print, beg[up]
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> and that will get substitued with
> IDL> print, beginning_of_a_stupidly_long_variable_name
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> with jds-history-search-up I only need the beg[up]
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> IDL> beg[up]
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> Just a note. :)
What if you just want the previous command, how do you do that (I forget
if I handled that)?
JD
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| Re: autocomplete [message #43440 is a reply to message #43347] |
Fri, 08 April 2005 11:38 |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 06:52:55 -0700, ismxray@yahoo.com wrote:
> idlwave is loaded. As I type " C-h v idlwave-mode-version [RET] ", it
> gives:
> `idlwave-mode-version' is a variable declared in Lisp.
> -- loaded from "idlwave"
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> Value: "5.1"
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> Documentation:
> not documented as a variable.
> =======
> I can use TAB to ident the program when editing, or use C-x h and the
> C-M-\ to indent the whole region, even C-c C-s to run the shell, and
> C-c C-d C-c to compile the procedure. But the functions like the
> completion do not work both in buffer and in shell, by tying shortcut
> or selecting from the menu.
> Is there anything warong with Xemacs?
Not in principle, plenty of people use XEmacs with IDLWAVE (I use and
develop IDLWAVE with GNU Emacs). What sort of error do you get, something
like "no completion for XXXX"? That means it's working, but there is
nothing to complete by that name. Look in your *Messages* buffer and note
anything unusual when you try completion.
JD
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| Re: autocomplete [message #43447 is a reply to message #43357] |
Fri, 08 April 2005 06:52 |
ismxray@yahoo.com
Messages: 13
Registered: January 2005
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idlwave is loaded. As I type " C-h v idlwave-mode-version [RET] ", it
gives:
`idlwave-mode-version' is a variable declared in Lisp.
-- loaded from "idlwave"
Value: "5.1"
Documentation:
not documented as a variable.
=======
I can use TAB to ident the program when editing, or use C-x h and the
C-M-\ to indent the whole region, even C-c C-s to run the shell, and
C-c C-d C-c to compile the procedure. But the functions like the
completion do not work both in buffer and in shell, by tying shortcut
or selecting from the menu.
Is there anything warong with Xemacs?
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