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| author | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2022-01-27 00:42:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2022-01-27 00:42:56 +0100 |
| commit | 3c790cc316dd17b58328cb18290c61980cdcedde (patch) | |
| tree | 5a87d7311d03c6c27edae668f5f1cf69ae8e7727 /README.org | |
| parent | a921f7669e6f154fc8c0ecde9b94de0bf17cfbd0 (diff) | |
README: Recommend the pcmpl-args package!
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@@ -184,8 +184,13 @@ completion, quitting at boundary and quitting if there is no match. Shell completion uses the flexible ~pcomplete~ mechanism internally, which allows you to program the completions per shell command. If you want to know more, look -into this [[https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/pcomplete-context-sensitive-completion-emacs][blog post]], which shows how to configure pcomplete for git commands. -Unfortunately pcomplete has a few technical issues, which we can work around +into this [[https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/pcomplete-context-sensitive-completion-emacs][blog post]], which shows how to configure pcomplete for git commands. I +recommend the [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]] package which extends Pcomplete with completion support +for more commands. Similar to the Fish shell, pcmpl-args uses man page parsing +and --help output parsing to dynamically generate completions. This package +brings Eshell completion to another level! + +Unfortunately Pcomplete has a few technical issues, which we can work around with the [[https://github.com/minad/cape][Cape]] library (Completion at point extensions). Cape provides wrappers, which sanitize the pcomplete function. Ideally the bugs in pcomplete should be fixed upstream. *For now these two advices are strongly recommended to achieve a @@ -270,6 +275,11 @@ moves to the next candidate and further input will then commit the selection. =company-quickhelp=. /Note that the corfu-doc package is new and still work in progress./ + - [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]]: Extend the Eshell/Shell Pcomplete mechanism with support for many + more commands. Similar to the Fish shell, Pcomplete uses man page parsing to + dynamically retrieve the completion candidates. This package brings Eshell + completions to another level! + - [[https://github.com/minad/tempel][Tempel]]: Tiny template/snippet package which can be used in conjunction with Corfu. - [[https://github.com/minad/vertico][Vertico]]: You may also want to look into my [[https://github.com/minad/vertico][Vertico]] package. Vertico is the |