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+---- Thread: [C] How could I work on an auto-complete feature? (/showthread.php?tid=3732453)
How could I work on an auto-complete feature? - Terry A. Davis - Sep 3, 2013
So I was thinking of it today, my program requires user input from a list and I got a thought from Linux how you press tab it auto completes to whatever command it is closest too.
My thought was something like this
Code
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using std::string;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
int main()
{
string sInput;
cout << "Enter the input";
cin >> sInput;
/*If it is an exact input as in it fits the following if statements it goes and does that.*/
/*However, if it doesn't it loads PDCurses or a similar library that allows "console" manipulation so it lists them then I can press up or down to choose the closest one judging by what the first few characters are. */
}Yeah shit syntax and such, but idgaf. I am just stuck how I would set up like a Linux auto-completion feature. Without criticizing me to much how would I do this or can you point me somewhere?
* - g4143 - Sep 3, 2013
If your trying to implement this on a Linux console then you'll have to look at the ncurses library so that you can grab keystrokes and display output.
* - Terry A. Davis - Sep 3, 2013
Nah sadly I am using crappy pdcurses for Windows for the time being.
* - g4143 - Sep 3, 2013
(Sep 3, 2013 03:23 AM)Perfect Cell Wrote: Nah sadly I am using crappy pdcurses for Windows for the time being.
Did you try looking at Window's conio functionality?
* - Shihanus - Sep 3, 2013
The other problem is that as far as I'm aware cin is a blocking functions. You'll have to use non blocking input or multiple threads.