[RkWard-devel] Feature Request: auto completion

[Jacob Michaelson]

On Apr 18, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Stefan Rödiger wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I hope I haven't overseen something but I didn't find auto  
> completion neither in R itself (is there one?) nor in any GUI. Is  
> there a way to add a auto-completion as seen in any Linux/Unix  
> console Kate or Openoffice.org in the RKWard-console and  
> RKWard-"script window"? The console way (e.g.: apro ->tab tab ->  
> apropos) is the best IMHO. The way Kate does it (recognises already  
> used expressions) is also good to use at least frequently used  
> commands. Therefore a "database" of frequently used commands could  
> be created by anyone (developers, users). I thinks this improves  
> RKWard as GUI enormously and makes writing faster. Maybe you have  
> more sophisticated methods in mind.
>
>
> <stefan_roediger.vcf>

I use 50% rkward, 50% R Aqua GUI for Mac OS X.  While R Aqua doesn't  
*technically* have auto-completion, once you type in a function  
there's a little bar at the bottom that displays all the arguments  
that function takes.  It's quite helpful - I'll see if I can attach a  
screenshot.

--Jake
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