Why does tab complete not work for user written functions that except filenames?
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Why does tab complete not work for user written functions that except filenames?
function testFunction(file)
disp(file)
end %end function
Call the above function with a file. While entering the file name, try to tab complete it. It won't work. Why not?
Accepted Answer
Walter Roberson
on 14 Aug 2013
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 14 Aug 2013
1 vote
The rules for tab completion are not well defined, and do not always make sense.
Tab completion for a quoted string takes place if:
- the quoted string is the first expression (possibly after whitespace) after the beginning of the line, or after a comma (",") or semi-colon (";") that marks the end of anything previous on the line
- the quoted string immediately follows (no whitespace) a non-quoted underscore ('_') or period ('.')
- the quoted string immediately follows (no whitespace) a latin letter or latin digit
In addition, there are circumstances under which a quoted string that follows an exclamation mark ('!') may lead to a flawed tab completion, in which the resulting word is missing one or more characters from the file name.
None of the above situations match attempting to enter a valid quoted string as the argument to a function. :(
2 Comments
Jason Nicholson
on 15 Aug 2013
Walter Roberson
on 15 Aug 2013
Good point. Same for save(). I do not know at the moment.
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David Sanchez
on 14 Aug 2013
0 votes
The user defined function has to be saved on the current directory or its path set on matlab paths. Matlab will not autocomplete a function name of a function located in a directory different to the working directory.
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Jason Nicholson
on 14 Aug 2013
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