Automatic completion?

[tarruda]

I'm using this on a project that needs an in-browser javascript repl, and would like to add tab completion support.

After a quick search I didn't found any simple solution, so I will probably have to implement it from the scratch.

Could you give any hint/example of how this can be achieved?

[amasad]

There is an issue (#18) for adding support for emitting events so you can plugin into jqconsole and do things like tab completion. Needless to say, I haven't found the time to implement that. You have two options:

1. Fork, and hack the source to implement your feature. You'd need to look in the private _HandleKey method.
2. Fork, implement a general way of extending the console to do things like allowing user code to hook into key events and then send in a pull request :)

If you go withe second option, it could be something like triggering an event before handling the key. And then checking if default was prevented on the event:

var e = $.Event('keypressed');
$(this).trigger(e);
if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) {
   // Handle the key in jqconsole. 
}

[arichiardi]

@amasad is it really doable with only those few lines?
I woud be interested in adding the functionality, maybe adding to the event what it currently is at the prompt. My goal is to have real-time highlighting.

[amasad]

I can't remember, I haven't looked at this in a long time

[arichiardi]

Yes it is PR #81 :)