Subject: function/variable name completion via rlwrap
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 10:05:49 -0700
On 09 Dec 2005 10:50:42 -0500, Camm Maguire wrote:
> I thought GCL provided completions based on the symbols in the current
> (i.e. maxima) package, no?
well, what i see when running maxima / gcl on linux is that gcl
autocompletes words typed at the maxima prompt with names of
built-in lisp functions (in uppercase).
be that as it may, rlwrap provides a way to get readline capability
for all lisp flavors, and also, we don't really want to autocomplete
symbols in the maxima package, since many don't correspond
to user-visible functions, and the ones that do, begin with $.
all the best,
robert dodier