Re: Feature request request

[David Bateman]

John Swensen wrote:
> One feature I have really like in Matlab and don't think would be too
> hard to implement in octave would be where the history is context
> sensitive.  That is, if you start typing something, then start using the
> arrow keys, then it only completes with history items that match the
> first few characters typed.  Since this is readline, maybe there is
> already some feature built into readline that provides the same feature,
> but with different keystrokes than matlab.  Could someone comment on
> whether readline does provide this?  Would you be open to this patch?
> 
> John Swensen
> 

Try typing a few characters and then hitting the up arrow. Works for me.

D.