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| author | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2023-11-27 22:01:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> | 2023-11-27 22:01:25 +0100 |
| commit | 9006b56e5db420cb82f86510f3d2c290036ade2a (patch) | |
| tree | 4c3772294c367a07b7adeec078439ee290638a20 /README.org | |
| parent | 2d860cff5e9e89e7c66179f1bf6007b6bf51396d (diff) | |
Update readme
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@@ -297,14 +297,13 @@ 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. -I recommend the [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]] package which extends Pcomplete with completion +You can try the [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]] package which extends Pcomplete with completion 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 -the ~--help~ output of a command and produces completions. This Emacs 29 -functionality is not completely equivalent. For example it does not display -annotations in Eshell, but this may get fixed in Emacs 30. +generate completions. 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 not completely equivalent. For example it does +not display annotations in Eshell, but this may get fixed in Emacs 30. Pcomplete has a few bugs on Emacs 28 and older. We can work around the issues with the [[https://github.com/minad/cape][Cape]] library (Completion at point extensions). Cape provides wrappers @@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ enhance your setup. available (works only with =corfu-auto= disabled). - [[https://github.com/oantolin/orderless][Orderless]]: Corfu supports completion styles, including the advanced =orderless= - completion style, where the filtering expressions are separated by spaces or + completion style, where the filter expressions are separated by spaces or another character (see ~corfu-separator~). - [[https://github.com/minad/cape][Cape]]: Provides additional Capf backends and =completion-in-region= commands. @@ -547,8 +546,8 @@ enhance your setup. - [[https://github.com/LuigiPiucco/nerd-icons-corfu][nerd-icons-corfu]], [[https://github.com/jdtsmith/kind-icon][kind-icon]]: Icons are supported by Corfu via external packages. The nerd-icons-corfu package relies on the Nerd icon font, which is - even supported on terminal, while kind-icon uses beautifully styled SVG from - monochromatic icon sets. + even supported on terminal, while kind-icon uses SVGs from monochromatic icon + sets. - [[https://github.com/JonWaltman/pcmpl-args.el][pcmpl-args]]: Extend the Eshell/Shell Pcomplete mechanism with support for many commands. Similar to the Fish shell, pcmpl-args uses man page parsing to |