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implement intelligent tab completion #222

@steckerhalter

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@steckerhalter

I'm using helm now for quite a while and I really like it. but one thing bugs me. when I narrow down a list and there are multiple results that can't be much slimmed down by "fuzzy" matching I always need to scroll through the list to get to the right entry.

now the only thing TAB does is to bring up a list with possible commands. I think any other key could do this too. TAB instead should trigger an intelligent completion mechanism.

for example if I know how something starts I would like to be able to type some letters of the first word. helm shows me the usual fuzzy matched results. but when I press TAB Helm narrows down the list to the things that start with the letters I entered. or if there is only one occurence, give me the chance to press enter immedately. I think this would make many operations much faster as you could pick the completion that fits the operation.

or maybe there are even better ways to do it?

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