MatchEditor - StringEditor with string completion
#include <InterViews/compeditor.h>
CompletionEditor is a StringEditor subclass with the added ability to complete
the current contents of the edit buffer against a specified set of strings. A
CompletionEditor is often useful when a user must specify a selection from a
large set of well-known strings--the user need only type the first few
characters of the string; he types the completion character to fill out the
remainder.
When the user types the completion character, CompletionEditor checks the
current string against the list of possible completions. If the current string
is a prefix of one or more completion strings, characters are appended so that
the edit string contains the longest common prefix; if the current string does
not match any completion string, trailing characters are removed until the
string matches at least one completion. In any case, if there is more than one
possible completion of a string, CompletionEditor rings the workstation bell.
- CompletionEditor(ButtonState*, const char* sample, const
char* done)
- Create a new CompletionEditor object. The ButtonState,
sample string, and termination string are passed to the StringEditor
constructor.
- void Completions(const char* completions[], int count,
char complete)
- Specify the list of completion strings and the completion
character. The initial completion list is empty, and the completion
character defaults to a space. CompletionEditor does not copy the strings
in the list.
StringEditor(3I)