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Re: idl/idlde command line autocomplete [message #30821]

Tue, 21 May 2002 18:31

JD Smith
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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.
>
> 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

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