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Article #5449Another suggestion: name completion
From: Don Dwiggins
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 23:06
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 23:06
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It would be nice if, while the system is prompting for folder names or "to" names, it would do "name completion" like Emacs or tcsh. For instance, typing a few characters followed by ESC would complete a name from the alias table or the folder directory; typing ^D or some such would get a list of names that begin with what's been typed so far. A more modest change would allow a "?" in the "To:" and "cc:" prompts to show the alias list, like the "folder:" prompt does when saving a message. -- Don Dwiggins "Solvitur Ambulando" Ashton-Tate, Inc. dwiggins@ashtate.a-t.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!hacgate!ashtate!atsun!dwiggins From: dwiggins@atsun.a-t.com (Don Dwiggins) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Another suggestion: name completion Message-ID: <DWIGGINS.90Mar1150635@atsun.a-t.com> Date: 1 Mar 90 23:06:35 GMT Sender: dwiggins@ashtate.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Ashton-Tate, Inc. Lines: 12