Automatically suggest arguments for user defined commands

Question

When using the command \ref{ it automatically suggests several arguments, such as eqn:equation1, fig:figure1, and so on.

I have defined the command \newcommand{\fref}[1]{Fig. \ref{#1}}, which rather simply puts Fig. in front of the reference number.

Is there any way to make \fref{ automatically suggest arguments, as \ref{ does? Ideally, it would only suggest arguments that begin with fig:.

This is for TexStudio, which controls this (as far as I know).

What you are describing sounds like a function of your editor and not of LaTeX. — Steven B. Segletes, Apr 14 '15 at 18:10
@StevenB.Segletes Yeah, now what you mention it. Edited the question. — Mauvai, Apr 14 '15 at 18:15
Unrelated: the definition should be \newcommand{\fref}[1]{Fig.~\ref{#1}} in order to avoid page breaks between Fig. and the corresponding number. BTW: there's also packages like cleveref which you might want to consider http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/36295/5049 — cgnieder, Apr 15 '15 at 09:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '15 at 10:16

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So you want \fref to behave like a regular \ref command. TXS infers the semantics of a command from .cwl files. See the FAQ and the manual.

create a file user.cwl in your settings directory with the content \fref{label}#r
open TeXstudio and check user.cwl at Options -> Completion.

answered Apr 17 '15 at 10:16

Tim Hoffmann

Yes! that does exactly what I want, thank you! From reading the manual there doesn't seem to any way to limit the possible labels that come up, such as only the ones beginning with eqn:. Is this correct? – Mauvai Apr 17 '15 at 13:29
This is correct. Labels cannot be filtered. – Tim Hoffmann Jul 18 '16 at 20:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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In TexStudio you can define a macro which suits your interests: Defining New ShortCuts in TexStudio

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

answered Apr 15 '15 at 08:53

This doesn't do what I want :-/ – Mauvai Apr 15 '15 at 19:58
Sorry, so I must have misinterpreted your question. – Jonathan Scholbach Apr 15 '15 at 22:18

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