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rejoin

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 43

Instant cd

Hello,
I want to write a program which tries to guess what you would type next, like google instant. It checks the command, tries to see what it's parameteres are, and filename.
I know this works when you press tab, but it would be faster if it showed the "suggestions" in 10 lines or so, all the time. I don't know if this has been done before, I didn't find anything on the Internet. I have some basic bash knowledge, as well as python and c++. If you could point to a starting point, that would be greately appreciated.
Many thanks!
Alex.

Last edited by rejoin (2013-02-25 19:16:27)

illusionist

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From: localhost

Registered: 2012-04-03

Posts: 498

Re: Instant cd

Look at dmenu's source for a reference.
http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/

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