<html> <head> <title>Gri Mode: variable completion</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="FF0000"> <!-- newfile GriModeCompletionVarSyn.html "Gri Mode: variable completion" "Gri Mode: variable completion" --> <!-- @node Variable completion, Editing the syntax, Command abbreviations, Major Gri-mode commands --> <a name="Variablecompletion" ></a> <img src="./resources/top_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_top" border="0"> <table summary="top banner" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="150" valign="top"> <font size=-1> <br> Chapters: </br> <a href="Introduction.html">1: Introduction</a><br> <a href="SimpleExample.html">2: Simple example</a><br> <a href="InvokingGri.html">3: Invocation</a><br> <a href="GettingMoreControl.html">4: Finer Control</a><br> <a href="X-Y.html">5: X-Y Plots</a><br> <a href="ContourPlots.html">6: Contour Plots</a><br> <a href="Images.html">7: Image Plots</a><br> <a href="Examples.html">8: Examples</a><br> <a href="Commands.html">9: Gri Commands</a><br> <a href="Programming.html">10: Programming</a><br> <a href="Environment.html">11: Environment</a><br> <a href="Emacs.html">12: Emacs Mode</a><br> <a href="History.html">13: History</a><br> <a href="Installation.html">14: Installation</a><br> <a href="Bugs.html">15: Gri Bugs</a><br> <a href="TestSuite.html">16: Test Suite</a><br> <a href="Acknowledgments.html">17: Acknowledgments</a><br> <a href="License.html">18: License</a><br> <br> Indices:</br> <a href="ConceptIndex.html"><i>Concepts</i></a><br> <a href="CommandIndex.html"><i>Commands</i></a><br> <a href="BuiltinIndex.html"><i>Variables</i></a><br> </font> <td width="500" valign="top"> <map name="navigate_top"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="MajorGriModeCommands.html#MajorGri-modecommands" shape="rect" coords="516,2,532,24" href="MajorGriModeCommands.html#MajorGri-modecommands"> <area alt="Gri Mode: command completion" shape="rect" coords="557,2,573,24" href="GriModeCompletions2.html"> <area alt="Gri Mode: editing completed syntax" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="GriModeEditing.html"> </map> <map name="navigate_bottom"> <area alt="index.html#Top" shape="rect" coords="5,2,218,24" href="index.html#Top"> <area alt="Gri Mode: editing completed syntax" shape="rect" coords="581,2,599,24" href="GriModeEditing.html"></map> <h3>12.4.4: Variable (and synonym) completion</h3> It's also possible to do `<font color="#82140F"><kbd>M-tab</kbd></font>' completion on gri builtin variable and synonym names while editing a command. Simply type in the leading `<font color="#82140F"><code>.</code></font>' (dot) or `<font color="#82140F"><code>\</code></font>' (slash) character and invoke completion with `<font color="#82140F"><kbd>M-tab</kbd></font>'. <p> For example, <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> ..x`<font color="#82140F"><kbd>M-tab</kbd></font>' </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> displays a completions buffer listing the possible completions: <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> ..xmargin.. ..xsize.. ..xleft.. ..xright.. ..xlast.. </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> Typing in an extra `<font color="#82140F"><code>m</code></font>' will complete to `<font color="#82140F"><code>..xmargin..</code></font>' and the following help information will be displayed in the minibuffer: <p> <TABLE SUMMARY="Example" BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#efefef" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> <font color="#82140F"> margin to left of axis area. Default is 6 cm. </font></PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <p> </table> <img src="./resources/bottom_banner.gif" usemap="#navigate_bottom" border="0"> </body> </html>