Display editable text on console

How can I send a text string to the console, and allow the user to edit it before executing, like the "Did you mean" mechanism.

Answer 1

[Jan]

Try it with FEX: CmsWinTool, https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31437-windowapi and FEX: inputemu:

CmdWinTool('toFocus');  % Guarantee that command window has the focus
inputemu('key_normal', 'hello');

Perhaps FEX: textinject helps also.

Note: I would not use Matlab's command window for fancy editing actions, because it has a limited power only. Creating an own text interface in a figure can be more powerful.

[uido]

inputemu() does the trick. I am using linux so can't use CmdWinTool() to set the focus on the console. Anyway, in my spceific case I'm running the script from the console so this is not a problem.