burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) (09/20/88)
I am in search of a program which will allow filename completion from the command line under DOS 3.2 or above. I have become very spoiled since using tcsh under UNIX. I am aware of CED and its forward and backward command history but their must be a "true" completion program out there somewhere (similiar to that found in EMACS). Any information would be appreciated by all. Post for all or send mail to: burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett)
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (09/20/88)
There's a freely-available TSR program called "history" that gives a history-style mechanism with Tenex-style filename completion. I like it a lot. The previous-command finding/editing functionality is superior to CED's in my opinion (although CED also does lots of other neat things that history doesn't do). I think have a version 1.4; I'm not at home so I can't check the author's name. It comes with TurboC source code. -- -- bob,mon (bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) -- "Aristotle was not Belgian..." - Wanda
dave@sun.soe (Dave Goldblatt) (09/21/88)
From article <12905@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, by bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante): > There's a freely-available TSR program called "history" that gives a > history-style mechanism with Tenex-style filename completion. I like > it a lot. The previous-command finding/editing functionality is > superior to CED's in my opinion (although CED also does lots of other > neat things that history doesn't do). I think have a version 1.4; I'm > not at home so I can't check the author's name. It comes with TurboC > source code. The HISTORY program is available for anonymous ftp from sun.soe.clarkson.edu, as /pub/pc/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/history.arc. Included are the executables, and source for Turbo C. Memory usage is around 8K in the latest version (1.4), down from about 27K in previous versions. The author of version 1.4 is Russell Nelson (nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu). -dg- -- Internet: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu or: dave@clutx.clarkson.edu BITNET: dave@CLUTX.Bitnet uucp: {rpics, gould}!clutx!dave Matrix: Dave Goldblatt @ 1:260/360 ICBM: Why do you want to know? :-)
burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) (09/22/88)
I would like to summarize the information I have received personally
dealing with filename completion on PC's.
Three programs have been suggested over and over.....
They include:
1) HISTORY.ARC
2) FILEC.ARC
3) MKS Toolkit
HISTORY
Copyright 1985-6 Michael M. Rubenstein
HISTORY is a history processing terminate and stay resident
program. It provides the ability to recall and edit previous
commands and allows much more sophisticated editing than is found
in the normal MSDOS system.
Filename completion in HISTORY is limited to those filenames which have
already been accessed and are in the history buffer.
HISTORY.ARC is available from SIMTEL by FTP
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FILEC
FILEC Version 1.00
By Mike Morearty
FILEC stands for Filename Completion. This program provides
filename completion similar to that done by some versions of the
Unix C Shell (also called "Tenex-style" completion).
It will complete any filename in the present directory and also provides
Directory and Sub-directory name completion. It works nicely but does not
include the fancy editing features of HISTORY. It may be used in combination
with other command line editors.
(This is the program I choose!!)
FILEC.ARC is available from SIMTEL by FTP
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MKS Toolkit
>The MKS Toolkit includes the Korn shell, which offers many features of
>the cshell, including command completion, command history, command line
>editing, etc.
>We have some literature that we could send you. If you're interested, drop
>me a line with your mailing address and I'll get it out to you.
>--
> Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251
>Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels
> 35 King St. North BIX: join mks
>Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9 CompuServe: 73260,1043
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Thanks again for all the replies!!!
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_______________________________________________________________________________nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (09/23/88)
In article <6859@uwmcsd1.UUCP> burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) writes in part:
Three programs have been suggested over and over.....
HISTORY
Copyright 1985-6 Michael M. Rubenstein
HISTORY is a history processing terminate and stay resident
program. It provides the ability to recall and edit previous
commands and allows much more sophisticated editing than is found
in the normal MSDOS system.
Filename completion in HISTORY is limited to those filenames which have
already been accessed and are in the history buffer.
HISTORY.ARC is available from SIMTEL by FTP
I modified History to provide for filename completion. It was posted
some time ago on c.b.i.p, and it's archived on sun.soe.clarkson.edu,
pub/pc/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/history.arc. If you can't ftp, send me
mail and I'll put it up on the CUHUG BBS and you can call in and get it.
--
--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])
Shuzan held out his short staff and said, "If you call this a short staff,
you oppose its reality. If you do not call it a short staff, you ignore the
facts. Now, what do you wish to call it?"hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (09/24/88)
> I am in search of a program which will allow filename completion from the > command line under DOS 3.2 or above. > > burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) >---------- My favorite is called FILEC by Mike Morearty at Berkeley. Esc key triggers file name completion. ^D lists files that could match. I've tried HISTORY and I still prefer the CED and FILEC combination. John Hardin hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com ----------
bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante) (09/26/88)
Apologies if this is a dead issue by now, but... burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) writes: > > Copyright 1985-6 Michael M. Rubenstein > > HISTORY is a history processing terminate and stay resident > program. It provides the ability to recall and edit previous > commands and allows much more sophisticated editing than is found > in the normal MSDOS system. > >Filename completion in HISTORY is limited to those filenames which have >already been accessed and are in the history buffer. As of v1.3R, which was done by Russell Nelson, HISTORY includes TENEX-style filename completion. (NOT just those which have been previously accessed). This also works for subdirectories and files in subdirectories, on a level-by-level basis. E.g., hit <F7> to complete a name which happens to be a subdirectory, specify some amount of name, hit <F7> to complete as much of that name as is unique . . . until you have what you want. It's currently at (or beyond) v1.4, and has been ported from Aztec C to TurboC. Source is included. The ability to retrieve-and-edit-or-modify arbitrary previous commands by typing initial letters is what has kept me from switching to CED (I do miss the alias feature occasionally, tho'.) -- -- bob,mon (bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) -- "Aristotle was not Belgian..." - Wanda
pkopp@potpourri.UUCP (Paul Kopp) (09/27/88)
In article <NELSON.88Sep22153644@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
-> In article <6859@uwmcsd1.UUCP> burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) writes in part:
-> I modified History to provide for filename completion. It was posted
-> some time ago on c.b.i.p, and it's archived on sun.soe.clarkson.edu,
-> pub/pc/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/history.arc. If you can't ftp, send me
-> mail and I'll put it up on the CUHUG BBS and you can call in and get it.
Is there any chance you could post it here to USENET?? I'm sure there are
a few other interested in this.
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Paul Kopp The opinions (if any) expressed
Gould Inc., Computer Systems Division are my own.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mail paths?, oh yea mail paths: ...!{sun,uunet,pur-ee,brl-bmd}!gould!pkopp
...!{ihnp4!codas,allegra}!novavax!gould!pkoppnelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (09/27/88)
In article <1309@potpourri.UUCP> pkopp@potpourri.UUCP (Paul Kopp) writes: In article <NELSON.88Sep22153644@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: -> I modified History to provide for filename completion. It was posted -> some time ago on c.b.i.p, and it's archived on sun.soe.clarkson.edu, -> pub/pc/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/history.arc. If you can't ftp, send me -> mail and I'll put it up on the CUHUG BBS and you can call in and get it. Is there any chance you could post it here to USENET?? I'm sure there are a few other interested in this. Nope--it's already BEEN posted. You can either ftp in and get it, or else call the BBS. I have put history.arc in the c.b.i.p archives on grape: The semi-official c.b.i.p archives are on grape.ecs.clarkson.edu which is a Zenith Z-248 running a modified version of KA9Q's TCP/IP NET that allows you to shell out to DOS while still processing packets. After shelling to DOS, we run an Opus BBS. The particulars: FTP: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196], user anonymous, password guest. Look in /d/files/general/cuhug.lst for a listing of files. Look in /e/files/binaries/*.* for c.b.i.p postings. Opus: 260/360 in the Nodelist. (315)268-6667, 8N1, 1200/2400 Baud, 24 hours. Look in file area 26 for c.b.i.p postings. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) To surrender is to remain in the hands of barbarians for the rest of my life. To fight is to leave my bones exposed in the desert waste.