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Re: [OT] Tab key filename completion   Message List  
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Re: [OT] Tab key filename completion

http://www.arithex.com/reggie.html

Reggie includes a sample .rgs file that turns on tab-key autocompletion. Do be
aware that it's more than just the first letter -- it supports full-on wildcard
matching. Try

dir \foo\*.cpp[tab][tab][tab]

Here's another thing I like to tweak on my console:
HKCU\Console\@WordDelimiters=".\ "

That controls how the [Ctrl+(arrow)] keys behave, when moving the cursor around
on the command line...! (That's a dot, backslash, and space in the quotes...
pick your poison.)

-S


----- Original Message -----
From: "Serdar Kilic" <serdar@...>
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Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 17:16
Subject: [OT] Tab key filename completion


> In a console (on Windows XP) you can type the first character of a
> file/directory and by continuously pressing the Tab key it will cycle
> through all files/directory that begin with that letter. Anyone know if
> there is some utility to enable this on Windows 2000 ?
> Regards,
> Serdar K.
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Fri Aug 2, 2002 12:37 am

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S'funny, I told someone about it this morning: http://www.omniscium.com/nerdy/Tips/ John. ... _________________________________________________________________...
John Goalby
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Aug 2, 2002
12:21 am

Awesome, Thanks John! Regards, Serdar K. ... From: "John Goalby" <jgoalby@...> To: <win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002...
Serdar Kilic
ravenntc Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2002
12:24 am

http://www.arithex.com/reggie.html Reggie includes a sample .rgs file that turns on tab-key autocompletion. Do be aware that it's more than just the first...
Shawn A. Van Ness
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Aug 2, 2002
12:39 am

Very handy, thanks! I also noticed that this key holds all the display settings (colors, fonts, size, etc.) for the default console. After a little...
kalons Offline Send Email Aug 2, 2002
3:17 pm

Thanks Shawn I'll check that out too. Regards, Serdar K. ... From: "Shawn A. Van Ness" <shawnv@...> To: <win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Serdar Kilic
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Aug 2, 2002
12:48 am

So where did you find this useful feature? Its surely not in the help. In fact its not in the cmd.exe file either (that I could find). Are there more of...
John Goalby
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Aug 2, 2002
4:08 am

Type "help cmd" at a 2000 console prompt. You'll get a whole slew of helpful tips including tab completion details. The tab completion has been around since...
Glenn Carr
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Aug 2, 2002
6:04 am

This got me thinking about Dave Cutler, which got me to http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows and an interesting anecdote about 'WNT' @ ...
Tim Tabor
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Aug 2, 2002
8:18 am

The WinXP PowerToys TweakUI utility also has settings for the path/file completion. as well as many other things, like removing that anoying (file) search in...
Patrik Husfloen
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Aug 2, 2002
8:26 am

... says: "Windows NT 3.1 (Microsoft marketing desired to make Windows NT appear to be a continuation of Windows 3.1) " which is plain wrong. Microsoft did not...
Richard Birkby
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Aug 2, 2002
9:13 am

What, the WordDelimiters regval? I honestly don't remember... don't recall having any incestuous knowledge from my days at Microsoft... Even google turns up...
Shawn Van Ness
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Aug 2, 2002
6:09 am

I actually meant just the delimiters. I have known about the completion for some time and have left a trial of machines with that setting (its one of the...
John Goalby
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Aug 2, 2002
6:45 am
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