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Reading and changing CIW input line

PatrikOsgnach

Hello,

are there any functions that allows me to know what is currently typed on the input line of CIW and change it, eventually? My goal is to write an autocompletion script.

As an example, if I type 'a' and press Ctrl+Up I want the input line to be substituted with the latest line that begins with an 'a' character.

Best regards,

Patrik

  • Hi Patrik,

    Did you try the !? search backward syntax?

    Perhaps you can submit a case and make a request for either a new command or a modification to the "history()" command that returns matches to a regular expression as a list, and a way to invoke one of those commands. This doesn't exist yet, but an example of what I mean: you type "history(?regEx "^hi.*et.*Fo)" and it returns: ( (68 hiiSetCurrentForm('testForm)) (67 hiiSetCurrentForm('subForm) (66 hiDisplayForm(hiGetCurrentForm()->subForm) ...) and then you could type !66, assuming that was the command that you wanted to repeat. Just an idea.

    Good luck,

    Lawrence.
  • Hello Lawrence,

    I tried with !? but it return only the most recent command that matches the pattern. I will try to open a case

    BR,
    Patrik

  • Love your question! I got a lot from the thread.

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