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author | Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name> | 2021-10-30 08:28:05 +0200 |
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committer | Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name> | 2021-10-30 08:29:16 +0200 |
commit | df4ca745807852be4e7588a41fe311c12f41ddb4 (patch) | |
tree | b45c91333c38012c641d6e3c8b54fb22e894dc16 /xC.c | |
parent | 9e297244a4505fcb25e4d4896a154de77fbe6072 (diff) | |
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xC: make libedit autocomplete less miserable
Omitting even this hack was a huge hit to overall usability.
Diffstat (limited to 'xC.c')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -13698,19 +13698,33 @@ on_editline_complete (EditLine *editline, int key) // Insert the best match instead el_insertstr (editline, completions[0]); + + // I'm not sure if Readline's menu-complete can at all be implemented + // with Editline--we have no way of detecting what the last executed handler + // was. Employ the formatter's wrapping feature to spew all options. bool only_match = !completions[1]; + if (!only_match) + { + CALL (ctx->input, hide); + redraw_screen (ctx); + + struct formatter f = formatter_make (ctx, NULL); + for (char **p = completions; *++p; ) + formatter_add (&f, " #l", *p); + formatter_add (&f, "\n"); + formatter_flush (&f, stdout, 0); + formatter_free (&f); + + CALL (ctx->input, show); + } + for (char **p = completions; *p; p++) free (*p); free (completions); - - // I'm not sure if Readline's menu-complete can at all be implemented - // with Editline. Spamming the terminal with possible completions - // probably isn't what the user wants and we have no way of detecting - // what the last executed handler was. if (!only_match) return CC_REFRESH_BEEP; - // But if there actually is just one match, finish the word + // If there actually is just one match, finish the word el_insertstr (editline, " "); return CC_REFRESH; } |