Enhanced command line expansion

The present invention relates to a method to expand a command line comprising at least one command word and word separators delineating said at least one command word, which method comprising the steps of: detecting a trigger to expand said command line, determining, upon detection of said trigger,...

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Main Authors LIEKENS WERNER M, VAN HOVE HENDRIK G, DENISSEN FRANK L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.11.2006
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The present invention relates to a method to expand a command line comprising at least one command word and word separators delineating said at least one command word, which method comprising the steps of: detecting a trigger to expand said command line, determining, upon detection of said trigger, a current cursor position within said command line, determining, from said current cursor position, a particular command word that is currently being edited. A method according to the invention is characterized in that said method further comprises the steps of: deleting last characters of said particular command word located from said current cursor position onwards, thereby yielding a particular truncated command word, finding a match in a command word database for said particular truncated command word, completing said particular truncated command word according to said match, thereby yielding an expanded command line for execution by a command execution unit. The present invention also relates to a command line terminal and to a program product for use in a command line terminal.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050133297