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Re: Working with the recall buffer in idlde [message #71473] Thu, 24 June 2010 08:33 Go to next message
Doug Edmundson is currently offline  Doug Edmundson
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On 6/23/10 8:50 PM, lefsky@gmail.com wrote:
> After 18 years working with IDL at the command line, I'm giving IDLDE
> a try. One thing I miss is using the ^ (caret) to search for recent
> commands. Has anyone found a way to access the recall buffer from the
> idlde command line? If not, is there a way to access the recall buffer
> from the IDL programming environment so I could write a small program
> to implement some of the ^ functionality?

The 8.0 IDLDE has some things you might like, such as control+space for
command completion (enter "widg", press control+space and a list of all
matching routines will pop up; this works in the editor too). Pressing
the tab key will cause the IDLDE to go through the command history and
recall a matching command. There's also the command history view which
shows all recent commands and allows you to drag'n'drop to the command
line or double click them to immediately execute.

Cheers,
Doug
Re: Working with the recall buffer in idlde [message #71474 is a reply to message #71473] Thu, 24 June 2010 08:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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lefsky@gmail.com writes:

> That works for to see the last commands you submitted but caret (^)
> will let you search for previous commands by entering a sub-string.
> I'll miss it if I can't find a workaround.

EMACS?

Cheers,

David



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Re: Working with the recall buffer in idlde [message #71475 is a reply to message #71474] Thu, 24 June 2010 07:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lefsky@gmail.com is currently offline  lefsky@gmail.com
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That works for to see the last commands you submitted but caret (^)
will let you search for previous commands by entering a sub-string.
I'll miss it if I can't find a workaround.




On Jun 24, 8:38 am, jeanh
<jghasb...@DELETETHIS.environmentalmodelers.ANDTHIS.com> wrote:
> On 23/06/2010 10:50 PM, lef...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> After 18 years working with IDL at the command line, I'm giving IDLDE
>> a try. One thing I miss is using the ^ (caret) to search for recent
>> commands. Has anyone found a way to access the recall buffer from the
>> idlde command line? If not, is there a way to access the recall buffer
>> from the IDL programming environment so I could write a small program
>> to implement some of the ^ functionality?
>
> try the up arrow key
>
> Jean
Re: Working with the recall buffer in idlde [message #71476 is a reply to message #71475] Thu, 24 June 2010 07:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jeanh is currently offline  jeanh
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On 23/06/2010 10:50 PM, lefsky@gmail.com wrote:
> After 18 years working with IDL at the command line, I'm giving IDLDE
> a try. One thing I miss is using the ^ (caret) to search for recent
> commands. Has anyone found a way to access the recall buffer from the
> idlde command line? If not, is there a way to access the recall buffer
> from the IDL programming environment so I could write a small program
> to implement some of the ^ functionality?

try the up arrow key

Jean
Re: Working with the recall buffer in idlde [message #71550 is a reply to message #71473] Mon, 28 June 2010 03:32 Go to previous message
Juggernaut is currently offline  Juggernaut
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On Jun 24, 11:33 am, Doug Edmundson <do...@ittvis.com> wrote:
> On 6/23/10 8:50 PM, lef...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> After 18 years working with IDL at the command line, I'm giving IDLDE
>> a try. One thing I miss is using the ^ (caret) to search for recent
>> commands. Has anyone found a way to access the recall buffer from the
>> idlde command line? If not, is there a way to access the recall buffer
>> from the IDL programming environment so I could write a small program
>> to implement some of the ^ functionality?
>
> The 8.0 IDLDE has some things you might like, such as control+space for
> command completion (enter "widg", press control+space and a list of all
> matching routines will pop up; this works in the editor too).  Pressing
> the tab key will cause the IDLDE to go through the command history and
> recall a matching command.  There's also the command history view which
> shows all recent commands and allows you to drag'n'drop to the command
> line or double click them to immediately execute.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug

IDL 7.x does code complete with Control+Space as well...hitting tab
while typing something also searches for previous entries that match
it and will cycle through them.
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