Reading and changing CIW input line

Hi Patrik,
There are two things that already exist that are close to what you are asking for, but it may depend on which version you are using. ALWAYS STATE THE VERSION YOU ARE USING.

Try this in the CIW:
envGetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion")
If it returns "Off" then you have a version that has automatic command completion built-in but turned off. You can try either "Automatic" or "Manual" to test the feature. For automatic, when you start typing in the CIW a pop-up box will display with possible matches, functions are shown in blue (by default) and you can scroll through the matches. For Manual mode the Ctrl-Space key combination (by default) will open the search matches box. You can use 'envSetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion" 'cyclic "Manual")' or 'envSetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion" 'cyclic "Automatic")' to turn on the feature if it is available in your version (I can't remember when it was added, sorry). The search finds even custom functions that you have created yourself, including those that just have autoloads set but the function is not loaded yet. Look for the variables that control this in the 'ui' .cdsenv file:

more `cds_root virtuoso`/tools/dfII/etc/tools/ui/.cdsenv

The CIW also has a history mechanism built-in and it has been around for years, but you had to turn it on in older versions, but I think it is just on by default now (since at least IC61x?). For example, in combination with the above, you could now try typing "!env" and hit return, and the most recent matching command will execute, in this case it would be the envGetVal() command. There is a section "Repeating Commands from the CIW" in the documentation about it, Virtuoso Design Environment User Guide->Using the Command Interpreter Window->Working With SKILL Commands->Repeating Commands from the CIW.

Try these out and save yourself some coding!

Best regards,

Lawrence.

Hi Patrik,
There are two things that already exist that are close to what you are asking for, but it may depend on which version you are using. ALWAYS STATE THE VERSION YOU ARE USING.

Try this in the CIW:
envGetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion")
If it returns "Off" then you have a version that has automatic command completion built-in but turned off. You can try either "Automatic" or "Manual" to test the feature. For automatic, when you start typing in the CIW a pop-up box will display with possible matches, functions are shown in blue (by default) and you can scroll through the matches. For Manual mode the Ctrl-Space key combination (by default) will open the search matches box. You can use 'envSetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion" 'cyclic "Manual")' or 'envSetVal("ui" "ciwNameCompletion" 'cyclic "Automatic")' to turn on the feature if it is available in your version (I can't remember when it was added, sorry). The search finds even custom functions that you have created yourself, including those that just have autoloads set but the function is not loaded yet. Look for the variables that control this in the 'ui' .cdsenv file:

more `cds_root virtuoso`/tools/dfII/etc/tools/ui/.cdsenv

The CIW also has a history mechanism built-in and it has been around for years, but you had to turn it on in older versions, but I think it is just on by default now (since at least IC61x?). For example, in combination with the above, you could now try typing "!env" and hit return, and the most recent matching command will execute, in this case it would be the envGetVal() command. There is a section "Repeating Commands from the CIW" in the documentation about it, Virtuoso Design Environment User Guide->Using the Command Interpreter Window->Working With SKILL Commands->Repeating Commands from the CIW.

Try these out and save yourself some coding!

Best regards,

Lawrence.