My Two Favorite wxMaxima Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt Up to recall previous commands to the current input line

In Matlab and RStudio, I love the ability to recall a command I’ve already typed using the up arrow key.  Today I discovered alt up arrow to do the same in wxMaxima!

Ctrl Shift K  for autocompletion and function template

This is really the best implementation of function templates I’ve seen in an IDE:

In wxMaxima, if I type inte  and then ctrl shift k, I see a popup menu of possible completions.  Choosing integrate results in an input cell template that looks like:

integrate(<expr>,<x>)

Pressing Tab highlights <expr> and I simply type the expression to be integrated.   A second press of Tab key highlights <x> and I type the name of the independent variable.

But wait, there’s more:  this works for any currently defined function—including user defined functions.

**UPDATE**  In the newer versions  of wxMaxima (since v15.10)   Ctrl+Tab and Shift+Ctrl+Tab also trigger autocompletion.

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