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| author | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2023-05-17 09:29:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2023-05-17 09:30:14 +0200 |
| commit | 6478973c30c412b6c13351a727f74dddab6dce83 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e59c480a9a8e408e2129076ecdbcc2a51ee9d87 /README.org | |
| parent | a722e983d4dfc39eb7bc222c929cee6ea412895f (diff) | |
Clarify statement about pcomplete-from-help
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ I recommend the [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]] pack support and helpful annotation 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! -(Since Emacs 29, Pcomplete offers the =pcomplete-from-help= function which parses +Since Emacs 29, Pcomplete offers the =pcomplete-from-help= function which parses the ~--help~ output of a command and produces completions. This Emacs 29 -functionality is still unfinished and for example doesn't work properly in -Eshell.) +functionality is not completely equivalent. For example it does not display +annotations in Eshell, but this may get fixed in Emacs 30. Unfortunately Pcomplete had a few technical issues on Emacs 28 and older. We can work around the issues with the [[https://github.com/minad/cape][Cape]] library (Completion at point extensions). |