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From: bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante)
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Subject: Re: Request Filename Completion
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Date: 25 Sep 88 17:48:33 GMT
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Apologies if this is a dead issue by now, but...

burkett@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Edward W Burkett) writes:
>
>        Copyright 1985-6  Michael M. Rubenstein
>
>        HISTORY is a history processing terminate and stay resident
>        program.  It provides the ability to recall and edit previous
>        commands and allows much more sophisticated editing than is found
>        in the normal MSDOS system.
>
>Filename completion in HISTORY is limited to those filenames which have 
>already been accessed and are in the history buffer.

As of v1.3R, which was done by Russell Nelson, HISTORY includes
TENEX-style filename completion.  (NOT just those which have been
previously accessed).  This also works for subdirectories and files in
subdirectories, on a level-by-level basis.  E.g., hit  to complete
a name which happens to be a subdirectory, specify some amount of name,
hit  to complete as much of that name as is unique . . . until you
have what you want.  It's currently at (or beyond) v1.4, and has been
ported from Aztec C to TurboC.  Source is included.

The ability to retrieve-and-edit-or-modify arbitrary previous commands
by typing initial letters is what has kept me from switching to CED  (I
do miss the alias feature occasionally, tho'.)
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