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Re: Another new V3.0 feature - Edit keyword completion

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From: Ali Ozer
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 23:15
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In article <1992Oct29.172503.332@afs.com> Michael_Pizolato@afs.com writes:
>I just discovered, quite by accident, another really cool new feature of
>V3.0.   In Edit, if you type the beginning of a keyword then hit escape, Edit
>will complete the keyword for you ...
>... Completion also doesn't work at all on some machines.  Anybody know
>about this, or know where or if it's documented?

The completion is pretty simple-minded: It will complete to any word which
occurs in the document before the cursor position. You also need to be in
C mode, I believe...

Ali, Ali_Ozer@NeXT.com
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From: aozer@next.com (Ali Ozer)
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Subject: Re: Another new V3.0 feature - Edit keyword completion
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Date: 7 Nov 92 23:15:53 GMT
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