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Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete [message #30904 is a reply to message #30834]

Wed, 22 May 2002 13:29

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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Reimar:

I think I originally just ran into it by accident. I did find it listed in the
online help under "Using IDL" -> "Running IDL" -> "Input to IDL", or by
searching for "Command Recall".

Bill Thompson

Reimar Bauer <r.bauer@fz-juelich.de> writes:

> William Thompson wrote:
>>
>> Carsten:
>>
>> In the command line (Unix) version of IDL, instead of
>>
>> idl> he <up-arrow>
>>
>> Try instead
>>
>> idl> ^
>> String To Match: he
>>
>> It doesn't seem to work in idlde, though. Bummer.

> Dear William,

> where is this suscribed ?

> Reimar

>>
>> William Thompson
>>
>> Carsten Lemmen <c.lemmen@fz-juelich.de> writes:
>>
>>> Having switched from MatLab to IDL I miss alot the command line=20
>>> autocomplete functionality in IDL command history.
>>
>>> Example:
>>> idl> a=3D5
>> =
>>> 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=
>>> ?
>>
>>> **********************************************
>>> Carsten Lemmen
>>
>>> Forschungszentrum J=FClich <www.fz-juelich.de>
>>> Institut f=FCr Chemie und Dynamik der Geosph=E4re
>>> ICG-I: Stratosph=E4re
>>> 52425 J=FClich
>>> Germany
>>
>>> phone +49 (0)2461 61 6524
>>> fax +49 (0)2461 61 5346
>>> email c.lemmen@fz-juelich.de
>>> **********************************************

> --
> Reimar Bauer

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		idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: Carsten Lemmen on Tue, 21 May 2002 00:49
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 23 May 2002 08:36
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: R.Bauer on Wed, 22 May 2002 23:42
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: Paul Woodford on Wed, 22 May 2002 20:32
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: thompson on Wed, 22 May 2002 13:29
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: R.Bauer on Wed, 22 May 2002 10:53
		Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete By: thompson on Wed, 22 May 2002 09:00

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