Tim, but how should be determine that you want $? If it's a matrix, maybe you want [ ... if it's a function maybe you want ( ... it looks like a hornet's nest to me, but if you provide logic, we may be able to code it up ;)
Cheers, Simon On May 20, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Timothy Bates <tim.ba...@ed.ac.uk> wrote: > > Like most of us I am sure, I use the tab completion system a lot, not just to > complete object names, but to pick from the drop-list created when one hits > tab after a $ sign. > > Current situation to get to "object$part1$level2” the user currently has to > type: > 1. "obj→" (completed to "object") > 2. Type "$→" and pick part1 > 3. Type "$→" and pick level2 > > Suggestion: make a second "tab" press fill in the $-sign. That would reduce > the above to: > 1. "obj→" (completed to "object") > 2. Type "→ →" and pick part1 > 3. Type "→ →" and pick level2 > > MUCH quicker, as the dollar sign involves lifting finger off tab key, hitting > (for English) shift-4 (a two hand operation, or an awkward one-hand stretch), > then moving back to the tab key. > > Users of the @ accessor might feel left out - perhaps give them shift-tab :-) > > PS: Still be nice bump up the font size in the bottom tool-tip bar, if only > back to the old physical height (or perhaps just re-use the RStudio tool-tip > completion system) > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
