Re: [MSH] Command completion character

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:10:26 -0700, "Keith Hill"
<r_keith_hill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Jeff Jones [MSFT]" <jeffjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:OGaiM7t5FHA.3592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> We don't currently have a way to customize the tab completion. If you
>> have a beta ID please file a feature request. If not, let me know and I
>> can file one for you.
>
>What would be nice is generic key binding to command mechanism. Besides tab
>for FilenameCompletion and DirectoryNameCompletion I would see wanting to
>change the key binding for all commands e.g.:
>
>* StartOfLine (Home)
>* EndOfLine (End)
>* HistoryUp (UpArrow)
>* HistoryDown (DownArrow)
>* ShowCommandHistory (F7)
>* PartialMatchCommandFromHistory match (F8)
>* ClearHistory (Alt+F7)
>* eventually ParenBracketBraceKiss (Ctrl+])
>* eventually Copy (Ctrl+C)
>* eventually Ccut (Ctrl+X)
>* eventually Paste (Ctrl+V)
>* eventually WordRight (Ctrl+RightArrow)
>* eventually WordLeft (Ctrl+LeftArrow)
>* eventually PartialMatchCommandFromHistoryUp (UpArrow)
>* eventually PartialMatchCommandFromHistoryDown (DownArrow)
>
>Part of the issue is exposing the interactive shell "commands" and allowing
>us to rebind to different input gestures.

Great idea Keith! Can I second these as feature requests for the
much rumoured replacement console. I can't believe the amount of
times I *still* (after all these years!) copy a string and try to
Ctrl-V into the command shell (MSH shell these days).

Oh, and by the way, in the console window, who's bright idea was it to
put the "Edit" command just millimeters away from the "CLOSE" command
- DOH!

Chris
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