Comments on: Setting desktop tab completions

By: tobias

tobias — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:14:02 +0000

In reply to tobias. Ok, I've just found your "Take 2" about that topic, thanks!

By: tobias

tobias — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:04:44 +0000

Hi Yair,

your article saved my fingers for years now, thank you very much!

But with R2016b I cannot find TC.xml anywhere, there seems to be a new solution for tab-completion.

It can be found under “Tab key narrows completions” in the keyboard preferences and is deactivated by default. The entry in matlab.prf can be found under “CommandWindowTabNarrows=Btrue” while “CommandWindowTabCompletion” seems to be removed/replaced.

Do you have any experience with that?

Many thanks in advance!
Tobias

By: Sunke

Sunke — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:23:40 +0000

Is it possible to make tab-completion case sensitive with editing the TC.xsd file?

if the functions DOtest.m and dothis.m exist,

I want MaTlab to offer me only DOtest for the case that I enter DO[TAB]

Is this possible?

By: Class object tab completion & improper field names | Undocumented Matlab

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:48:43 +0000

[…] I described the hack for desktop tab-completion a few years ago. Unfortunately, that hack only works for functions. […]

By: Yair Altman

Yair Altman — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:09:25 +0000

In reply to Oleg Komarov. @Oleg - thanks for the cross-reference

By: Oleg Komarov

Oleg Komarov — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:45:47 +0000

Note that tab completion for class properties can also be achieved by subclassing the matlab.System class as I describe in my answer: http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/answers/138149#answer_144336

By: Yannay

Yannay — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:56:57 +0000

In reply to Yair Altman. Yes, I was aware of this option. I am putting it off right now, and will update here if I find a solution. Many thanks for taking the time and explaining about the off-GUI preferences setting.

By: Yair Altman

Yair Altman — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:02:52 +0000

In reply to Yannay. try replacing your tabs with spaces in the editor

By: Yannay

Yannay — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:11:46 +0000

In reply to Yannay. Unfortunately it doesn't do what it should. I changed the matlab.prf file as instructed, restarted Matlab, but the "no completions found" feedback still appears following tabs. Is there anything else to try before giving up?

By: Yannay

Yannay — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:33:49 +0000

In reply to Yair Altman.

Thanks! I understand now that you previously were indeed referring to command line preferences control, so you did get me right.
I will follow your advise. If it works it would save me infinite irritations…