Allow tab completion when inputing filepath?

[Keith Hughitt]

Hi all,

I've been looking around on the web for a way to do this, but so far
have not come across anything for this particular application. I have
found some ways to enable tab completion for program-related commands,
but not for system filepaths. This would be nice to have when
prompting the user to enter a file/directory location.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Keith

[Tim Golden]

Re: Allow tab completion when inputing filepath?

Keith Hughitt wrote:

I've been looking around on the web for a way to do this, but so far
have not come across anything for this particular application. I have
found some ways to enable tab completion for program-related commands,
but not for system filepaths. This would be nice to have when
prompting the user to enter a file/directory location.

What platform are you on? And what kind of display?
(Console / GUI / wxPython / Qt / Web...)

TJG

[Keith Hughitt]

Re: Allow tab completion when inputing filepath?

On Jul 9, 10:18 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:

Keith Hughitt wrote:

I've been looking around on the web for a way to do this, but so far
have not come across anything for this particular application. I have
found some ways to enable tab completion for program-related commands,
but not for system filepaths. This would be nice to have when
prompting the user to enter a file/directory location.

>
What platform are you on? And what kind of display?
(Console / GUI / wxPython / Qt / Web...)
>
TJG

Hi TJG,

Currently Unix/Console. Although I don't have any plans at the moment
to add a GUI, it would be great if a cross-platform solution existed.

Keith

[Tim Golden]

Re: Allow tab completion when inputing filepath?

Keith Hughitt wrote:

On Jul 9, 10:18 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:

>Keith Hughitt wrote:

>>I've been looking around on the web for a way to do this, but so far
>>have not come across anything for this particular application. I have
>>found some ways to enable tab completion for program-related commands,
>>but not for system filepaths. This would be nice to have when
>>prompting the user to enter a file/directory location.

>What platform are you on? And what kind of display?
>(Console / GUI / wxPython / Qt / Web...)
>>
>TJG

>
Hi TJG,
>
Currently Unix/Console. Although I don't have any plans at the moment
to add a GUI, it would be great if a cross-platform solution existed.

Ah. Not my area then, I'm afraid :( I mostly do Windows stuff.
However, I don't remember ever coming across a standard way
of doing this, although it shouldn't be too hard to roll your own.

TJG

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Re: Allow tab completion when inputing filepath?

Keith Hughitt <keith.hughitt@ gmail.comwrote:

>Keith Hughitt wrote:

[ ... ] I have
found some ways to enable tab completion for program-related commands,
but not for system filepaths.

>Currently Unix/Console.

What's wrong with the readline module?

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-readline.html

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