Allow 'browse-url-emacs' to fetch URL in the selected window
[emacs.git] / lisp / pcomplete.el
blob6bdea68c0b9e5a2a0f4b739e98706b2a0a12dcef
1 ;;; pcomplete.el --- programmable completion -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
6 ;; Keywords: processes abbrev
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
13 ;; (at your option) any later version.
15 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
23 ;;; Commentary:
25 ;; This module provides a programmable completion facility using
26 ;; "completion functions". Each completion function is responsible
27 ;; for producing a list of possible completions relevant to the current
28 ;; argument position.
30 ;; To use pcomplete with shell-mode, for example, you will need the
31 ;; following in your init file:
33 ;; (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'pcomplete-shell-setup)
35 ;; Most of the code below simply provides support mechanisms for
36 ;; writing completion functions. Completion functions themselves are
37 ;; very easy to write. They have few requirements beyond those of
38 ;; regular Lisp functions.
40 ;; Consider the following example, which will complete against
41 ;; filenames for the first two arguments, and directories for all
42 ;; remaining arguments:
44 ;; (defun pcomplete/my-command ()
45 ;; (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-entries))
46 ;; (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-entries))
47 ;; (while (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-dirs))))
49 ;; Here are the requirements for completion functions:
51 ;; @ They must be called "pcomplete/MAJOR-MODE/NAME", or
52 ;; "pcomplete/NAME". This is how they are looked up, using the NAME
53 ;; specified in the command argument (the argument in first
54 ;; position).
56 ;; @ They must be callable with no arguments.
58 ;; @ Their return value is ignored. If they actually return normally,
59 ;; it means no completions were available.
61 ;; @ In order to provide completions, they must throw the tag
62 ;; `pcomplete-completions'. The value must be a completion table
63 ;; (i.e. a table that can be passed to try-completion and friends)
64 ;; for the final argument.
66 ;; @ To simplify completion function logic, the tag `pcompleted' may
67 ;; be thrown with a value of nil in order to abort the function. It
68 ;; means that there were no completions available.
70 ;; When a completion function is called, the variable `pcomplete-args'
71 ;; is in scope, and contains all of the arguments specified on the
72 ;; command line. The variable `pcomplete-last' is the index of the
73 ;; last argument in that list.
75 ;; The variable `pcomplete-index' is used by the completion code to
76 ;; know which argument the completion function is currently examining.
77 ;; It always begins at 1, meaning the first argument after the command
78 ;; name.
80 ;; To facilitate writing completion logic, a special macro,
81 ;; `pcomplete-here', has been provided which does several things:
83 ;; 1. It will throw `pcompleted' (with a value of nil) whenever
84 ;; `pcomplete-index' exceeds `pcomplete-last'.
86 ;; 2. It will increment `pcomplete-index' if the final argument has
87 ;; not been reached yet.
89 ;; 3. It will evaluate the form passed to it, and throw the result
90 ;; using the `pcomplete-completions' tag, if it is called when
91 ;; `pcomplete-index' is pointing to the final argument.
93 ;; Sometimes a completion function will want to vary the possible
94 ;; completions for an argument based on the previous one. To
95 ;; facilitate tests like this, the function `pcomplete-test' and
96 ;; `pcomplete-match' are provided. Called with one argument, they
97 ;; test the value of the previous command argument. Otherwise, a
98 ;; relative index may be given as an optional second argument, where 0
99 ;; refers to the current argument, 1 the previous, 2 the one before
100 ;; that, etc. The symbols `first' and `last' specify absolute
101 ;; offsets.
103 ;; Here is an example which will only complete against directories for
104 ;; the second argument if the first argument is also a directory:
106 ;; (defun pcomplete/example ()
107 ;; (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-entries))
108 ;; (if (pcomplete-test 'file-directory-p)
109 ;; (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-dirs))
110 ;; (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-entries))))
112 ;; For generating completion lists based on directory contents, see
113 ;; the functions `pcomplete-entries', `pcomplete-dirs',
114 ;; `pcomplete-executables' and `pcomplete-all-entries'.
116 ;; Consult the documentation for `pcomplete-here' for information
117 ;; about its other arguments.
119 ;;; Code:
121 (require 'comint)
123 (defgroup pcomplete nil
124 "Programmable completion."
125 :version "21.1"
126 :group 'processes)
128 ;;; User Variables:
130 (defcustom pcomplete-file-ignore nil
131 "A regexp of filenames to be disregarded during file completion."
132 :type '(choice regexp (const :tag "None" nil))
133 :group 'pcomplete)
135 (defcustom pcomplete-dir-ignore nil
136 "A regexp of names to be disregarded during directory completion."
137 :type '(choice regexp (const :tag "None" nil))
138 :group 'pcomplete)
140 (defcustom pcomplete-ignore-case (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt cygwin))
141 ;; FIXME: the doc mentions file-name completion, but the code
142 ;; seems to apply it to all completions.
143 "If non-nil, ignore case when doing filename completion."
144 :type 'boolean
145 :group 'pcomplete)
147 (defcustom pcomplete-autolist nil
148 "If non-nil, automatically list possibilities on partial completion.
149 This mirrors the optional behavior of tcsh."
150 :type 'boolean
151 :group 'pcomplete)
153 (defcustom pcomplete-suffix-list (list ?/ ?:)
154 "A list of characters which constitute a proper suffix."
155 :type '(repeat character)
156 :group 'pcomplete)
157 (make-obsolete-variable 'pcomplete-suffix-list nil "24.1")
159 (defcustom pcomplete-recexact nil
160 "If non-nil, use shortest completion if characters cannot be added.
161 This mirrors the optional behavior of tcsh.
163 A non-nil value is useful if `pcomplete-autolist' is non-nil too."
164 :type 'boolean
165 :group 'pcomplete)
167 (define-obsolete-variable-alias
168 'pcomplete-arg-quote-list 'comint-file-name-quote-list "24.3")
170 (defcustom pcomplete-man-function 'man
171 "A function to that will be called to display a manual page.
172 It will be passed the name of the command to document."
173 :type 'function
174 :group 'pcomplete)
176 (defcustom pcomplete-compare-entry-function 'string-lessp
177 "This function is used to order file entries for completion.
178 The behavior of most all shells is to sort alphabetically."
179 :type '(radio (function-item string-lessp)
180 (function-item file-newer-than-file-p)
181 (function :tag "Other"))
182 :group 'pcomplete)
184 (defcustom pcomplete-help nil
185 "A string or function (or nil) used for context-sensitive help.
186 If a string, it should name an Info node that will be jumped to.
187 If non-nil, it must a sexp that will be evaluated, and whose
188 result will be shown in the minibuffer.
189 If nil, the function `pcomplete-man-function' will be called with the
190 current command argument."
191 :type '(choice string sexp (const :tag "Use man page" nil))
192 :group 'pcomplete)
194 (defcustom pcomplete-expand-before-complete nil
195 "If non-nil, expand the current argument before completing it.
196 This means that typing something such as `$HOME/bi' followed by
197 \\[pcomplete-argument] will cause the variable reference to be
198 resolved first, and the resultant value that will be completed against
199 to be inserted in the buffer. Note that exactly what gets expanded
200 and how is entirely up to the behavior of the
201 `pcomplete-parse-arguments-function'."
202 :type 'boolean
203 :group 'pcomplete)
205 (defcustom pcomplete-parse-arguments-function
206 'pcomplete-parse-buffer-arguments
207 "A function to call to parse the current line's arguments.
208 It should be called with no parameters, and with point at the position
209 of the argument that is to be completed.
211 It must either return nil, or a cons cell of the form:
213 ((ARG...) (BEG-POS...))
215 The two lists must be identical in length. The first gives the final
216 value of each command line argument (which need not match the textual
217 representation of that argument), and BEG-POS gives the beginning
218 position of each argument, as it is seen by the user. The establishes
219 a relationship between the fully resolved value of the argument, and
220 the textual representation of the argument."
221 :type 'function
222 :group 'pcomplete)
224 (defcustom pcomplete-cycle-completions t
225 "If non-nil, hitting the TAB key cycles through the completion list.
226 Typical Emacs behavior is to complete as much as possible, then pause
227 waiting for further input. Then if TAB is hit again, show a list of
228 possible completions. When `pcomplete-cycle-completions' is non-nil,
229 it acts more like zsh or 4nt, showing the first maximal match first,
230 followed by any further matches on each subsequent pressing of the TAB
231 key. \\[pcomplete-list] is the key to press if the user wants to see
232 the list of possible completions."
233 :type 'boolean
234 :group 'pcomplete)
236 (defcustom pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length 5
237 "If the number of completions is greater than this, don't cycle.
238 This variable is a compromise between the traditional Emacs style of
239 completion, and the \"cycling\" style. Basically, if there are more
240 than this number of completions possible, don't automatically pick the
241 first one and then expect the user to press TAB to cycle through them.
242 Typically, when there are a large number of completion possibilities,
243 the user wants to see them in a list buffer so that they can know what
244 options are available. But if the list is small, it means the user
245 has already entered enough input to disambiguate most of the
246 possibilities, and therefore they are probably most interested in
247 cycling through the candidates. Set this value to nil if you want
248 cycling to always be enabled."
249 :type '(choice integer (const :tag "Always cycle" nil))
250 :group 'pcomplete)
252 (defcustom pcomplete-restore-window-delay 1
253 "The number of seconds to wait before restoring completion windows.
254 Once the completion window has been displayed, if the user then goes
255 on to type something else, that completion window will be removed from
256 the display (actually, the original window configuration before it was
257 displayed will be restored), after this many seconds of idle time. If
258 set to nil, completion windows will be left on second until the user
259 removes them manually. If set to 0, they will disappear immediately
260 after the user enters a key other than TAB."
261 :type '(choice integer (const :tag "Never restore" nil))
262 :group 'pcomplete)
264 (defcustom pcomplete-try-first-hook nil
265 "A list of functions which are called before completing an argument.
266 This can be used, for example, for completing things which might apply
267 to all arguments, such as variable names after a $."
268 :type 'hook
269 :group 'pcomplete)
271 (defsubst pcomplete-executables (&optional regexp)
272 "Complete amongst a list of directories and executables."
273 (pcomplete-entries regexp 'file-executable-p))
275 (defmacro pcomplete-here (&optional form stub paring form-only)
276 "Complete against the current argument, if at the end.
277 If completion is to be done here, evaluate FORM to generate the completion
278 table which will be used for completion purposes. If STUB is a
279 string, use it as the completion stub instead of the default (which is
280 the entire text of the current argument).
282 For an example of when you might want to use STUB: if the current
283 argument text is `long-path-name/', you don't want the completions
284 list display to be cluttered by `long-path-name/' appearing at the
285 beginning of every alternative. Not only does this make things less
286 intelligible, but it is also inefficient. Yet, if the completion list
287 does not begin with this string for every entry, the current argument
288 won't complete correctly.
290 The solution is to specify a relative stub. It allows you to
291 substitute a different argument from the current argument, almost
292 always for the sake of efficiency.
294 If PARING is nil, this argument will be pared against previous
295 arguments using the function `file-truename' to normalize them.
296 PARING may be a function, in which case that function is used for
297 normalization. If PARING is t, the argument dealt with by this
298 call will not participate in argument paring. If it is the
299 integer 0, all previous arguments that have been seen will be
300 cleared.
302 If FORM-ONLY is non-nil, only the result of FORM will be used to
303 generate the completions list. This means that the hook
304 `pcomplete-try-first-hook' will not be run."
305 (declare (debug t))
306 `(pcomplete--here (lambda () ,form) ,stub ,paring ,form-only))
308 (defcustom pcomplete-command-completion-function
309 (function
310 (lambda ()
311 (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-executables))))
312 "Function called for completing the initial command argument."
313 :type 'function
314 :group 'pcomplete)
316 (defcustom pcomplete-command-name-function 'pcomplete-command-name
317 "Function called for determining the current command name."
318 :type 'function
319 :group 'pcomplete)
321 (defcustom pcomplete-default-completion-function
322 (function
323 (lambda ()
324 (while (pcomplete-here (pcomplete-entries)))))
325 "Function called when no completion rule can be found.
326 This function is used to generate completions for every argument."
327 :type 'function
328 :group 'pcomplete)
330 (defcustom pcomplete-use-paring t
331 "If t, pare alternatives that have already been used.
332 If nil, you will always see the completion set of possible options, no
333 matter which of those options have already been used in previous
334 command arguments."
335 :type 'boolean
336 :group 'pcomplete)
338 (defcustom pcomplete-termination-string " "
339 "A string that is inserted after any completion or expansion.
340 This is usually a space character, useful when completing lists of
341 words separated by spaces. However, if your list uses a different
342 separator character, or if the completion occurs in a word that is
343 already terminated by a character, this variable should be locally
344 modified to be an empty string, or the desired separation string."
345 :type 'string
346 :group 'pcomplete)
348 ;;; Internal Variables:
350 ;; for cycling completion support
351 (defvar pcomplete-current-completions nil)
352 (defvar pcomplete-last-completion-length)
353 (defvar pcomplete-last-completion-stub)
354 (defvar pcomplete-last-completion-raw)
355 (defvar pcomplete-last-window-config nil)
356 (defvar pcomplete-window-restore-timer nil)
358 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-current-completions)
359 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-last-completion-length)
360 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-last-completion-stub)
361 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-last-completion-raw)
362 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-last-window-config)
363 (make-variable-buffer-local 'pcomplete-window-restore-timer)
365 ;; used for altering pcomplete's behavior. These global variables
366 ;; should always be nil.
367 (defvar pcomplete-show-help nil)
368 (defvar pcomplete-show-list nil)
369 (defvar pcomplete-expand-only-p nil)
371 ;; for the sake of the bye-compiler, when compiling other files that
372 ;; contain completion functions
373 (defvar pcomplete-args nil)
374 (defvar pcomplete-begins nil)
375 (defvar pcomplete-last nil)
376 (defvar pcomplete-index nil)
377 (defvar pcomplete-stub nil)
378 (defvar pcomplete-seen nil)
379 (defvar pcomplete-norm-func nil)
381 ;;; User Functions:
383 ;;; Alternative front-end using the standard completion facilities.
385 ;; The way pcomplete-parse-arguments, pcomplete-stub, and
386 ;; pcomplete-quote-argument work only works because of some deep
387 ;; hypothesis about the way the completion work. Basically, it makes
388 ;; it pretty much impossible to have completion other than
389 ;; prefix-completion.
391 ;; pcomplete--common-suffix and completion-table-subvert try to work around
392 ;; this difficulty with heuristics, but it's really a hack.
394 (defvar pcomplete-unquote-argument-function #'comint--unquote-argument)
396 (defsubst pcomplete-unquote-argument (s)
397 (funcall pcomplete-unquote-argument-function s))
399 (defvar pcomplete-requote-argument-function #'comint--requote-argument)
401 (defun pcomplete--common-suffix (s1 s2)
402 ;; Since S2 is expected to be the "unquoted/expanded" version of S1,
403 ;; there shouldn't be any case difference, even if the completion is
404 ;; case-insensitive.
405 (let ((case-fold-search nil))
406 (string-match
407 ;; \x3FFF7F is just an arbitrary char among the ones Emacs accepts
408 ;; that hopefully will never appear in normal text.
409 "\\(?:.\\|\n\\)*?\\(\\(?:.\\|\n\\)*\\)\x3FFF7F\\(?:.\\|\n\\)*\\1\\'"
410 (concat s1 "\x3FFF7F" s2))
411 (- (match-end 1) (match-beginning 1))))
413 (defun pcomplete-completions-at-point ()
414 "Provide standard completion using pcomplete's completion tables.
415 Same as `pcomplete' but using the standard completion UI."
416 ;; FIXME: it only completes the text before point, whereas the
417 ;; standard UI may also consider text after point.
418 ;; FIXME: the `pcomplete' UI may be used internally during
419 ;; pcomplete-completions and then throw to `pcompleted', thus
420 ;; imposing the pcomplete UI over the standard UI.
421 (catch 'pcompleted
422 (let* ((pcomplete-stub)
423 pcomplete-seen pcomplete-norm-func
424 pcomplete-args pcomplete-last pcomplete-index
425 (pcomplete-autolist pcomplete-autolist)
426 (pcomplete-suffix-list pcomplete-suffix-list)
427 ;; Apparently the vars above are global vars modified by
428 ;; side-effects, whereas pcomplete-completions is the core
429 ;; function that finds the chunk of text to complete
430 ;; (returned indirectly in pcomplete-stub) and the set of
431 ;; possible completions.
432 (completions (pcomplete-completions))
433 ;; Usually there's some close connection between pcomplete-stub
434 ;; and the text before point. But depending on what
435 ;; pcomplete-parse-arguments-function does, that connection
436 ;; might not be that close. E.g. in eshell,
437 ;; pcomplete-parse-arguments-function expands envvars.
439 ;; Since we use minibuffer-complete, which doesn't know
440 ;; pcomplete-stub and works from the buffer's text instead,
441 ;; we need to trick minibuffer-complete, into using
442 ;; pcomplete-stub without its knowledge. To that end, we
443 ;; use completion-table-subvert to construct a completion
444 ;; table which expects strings using a prefix from the
445 ;; buffer's text but internally uses the corresponding
446 ;; prefix from pcomplete-stub.
447 (beg (max (- (point) (length pcomplete-stub))
448 (pcomplete-begin)))
449 (buftext (pcomplete-unquote-argument
450 (buffer-substring beg (point)))))
451 (when completions
452 (let ((table
453 (completion-table-with-quoting
454 (if (equal pcomplete-stub buftext)
455 completions
456 ;; This may not always be strictly right, but given the lack
457 ;; of any other info, it's about as good as it gets, and in
458 ;; practice it should work just fine (fingers crossed).
459 (let ((suf-len (pcomplete--common-suffix
460 pcomplete-stub buftext)))
461 (completion-table-subvert
462 completions
463 (substring buftext 0 (- (length buftext) suf-len))
464 (substring pcomplete-stub 0
465 (- (length pcomplete-stub) suf-len)))))
466 pcomplete-unquote-argument-function
467 pcomplete-requote-argument-function))
468 (pred
469 ;; Pare it down, if applicable.
470 (when (and pcomplete-use-paring pcomplete-seen)
471 ;; Capture the dynbound values for later use.
472 (let ((norm-func pcomplete-norm-func)
473 (seen
474 (mapcar (lambda (f)
475 (funcall pcomplete-norm-func
476 (directory-file-name f)))
477 pcomplete-seen)))
478 (lambda (f)
479 (not (member
480 (funcall norm-func (directory-file-name f))
481 seen)))))))
482 (when pcomplete-ignore-case
483 (setq table (completion-table-case-fold table)))
484 (list beg (point) table
485 :predicate pred
486 :exit-function
487 ;; If completion is finished, add a terminating space.
488 ;; We used to also do this if STATUS is `sole', but
489 ;; that does not work right when completion cycling.
490 (unless (zerop (length pcomplete-termination-string))
491 (lambda (_s status)
492 (when (eq status 'finished)
493 (if (looking-at
494 (regexp-quote pcomplete-termination-string))
495 (goto-char (match-end 0))
496 (insert pcomplete-termination-string)))))))))))
498 ;; I don't think such commands are usable before first setting up buffer-local
499 ;; variables to parse args, so there's no point autoloading it.
500 ;; ;;;###autoload
501 (defun pcomplete-std-complete ()
502 (let ((data (pcomplete-completions-at-point)))
503 (completion-in-region (nth 0 data) (nth 1 data) (nth 2 data)
504 (plist-get :predicate (nthcdr 3 data)))))
506 ;;; Pcomplete's native UI.
508 ;;;###autoload
509 (defun pcomplete (&optional interactively)
510 "Support extensible programmable completion.
511 To use this function, just bind the TAB key to it, or add it to your
512 completion functions list (it should occur fairly early in the list)."
513 (interactive "p")
514 (if (and interactively
515 pcomplete-cycle-completions
516 pcomplete-current-completions
517 (memq last-command '(pcomplete
518 pcomplete-expand-and-complete
519 pcomplete-reverse)))
520 (progn
521 (delete-char (- pcomplete-last-completion-length))
522 (if (eq this-command 'pcomplete-reverse)
523 (progn
524 (push (car (last pcomplete-current-completions))
525 pcomplete-current-completions)
526 (setcdr (last pcomplete-current-completions 2) nil))
527 (nconc pcomplete-current-completions
528 (list (car pcomplete-current-completions)))
529 (setq pcomplete-current-completions
530 (cdr pcomplete-current-completions)))
531 (pcomplete-insert-entry pcomplete-last-completion-stub
532 (car pcomplete-current-completions)
533 nil pcomplete-last-completion-raw))
534 (setq pcomplete-current-completions nil
535 pcomplete-last-completion-raw nil)
536 (catch 'pcompleted
537 (let* ((pcomplete-stub)
538 pcomplete-seen pcomplete-norm-func
539 pcomplete-args pcomplete-last pcomplete-index
540 (pcomplete-autolist pcomplete-autolist)
541 (pcomplete-suffix-list pcomplete-suffix-list)
542 (completions (pcomplete-completions))
543 (result (pcomplete-do-complete pcomplete-stub completions)))
544 (and result
545 (not (eq (car result) 'listed))
546 (cdr result)
547 (pcomplete-insert-entry pcomplete-stub (cdr result)
548 (memq (car result)
549 '(sole shortest))
550 pcomplete-last-completion-raw))))))
552 ;;;###autoload
553 (defun pcomplete-reverse ()
554 "If cycling completion is in use, cycle backwards."
555 (interactive)
556 (call-interactively 'pcomplete))
558 ;;;###autoload
559 (defun pcomplete-expand-and-complete ()
560 "Expand the textual value of the current argument.
561 This will modify the current buffer."
562 (interactive)
563 (let ((pcomplete-expand-before-complete t))
564 (pcomplete)))
566 ;;;###autoload
567 (defun pcomplete-continue ()
568 "Complete without reference to any cycling completions."
569 (interactive)
570 (setq pcomplete-current-completions nil
571 pcomplete-last-completion-raw nil)
572 (call-interactively 'pcomplete))
574 ;;;###autoload
575 (defun pcomplete-expand ()
576 "Expand the textual value of the current argument.
577 This will modify the current buffer."
578 (interactive)
579 (let ((pcomplete-expand-before-complete t)
580 (pcomplete-expand-only-p t))
581 (pcomplete)
582 (when (and pcomplete-current-completions
583 (> (length pcomplete-current-completions) 0)) ;??
584 (delete-char (- pcomplete-last-completion-length))
585 (while pcomplete-current-completions
586 (unless (pcomplete-insert-entry
587 "" (car pcomplete-current-completions) t
588 pcomplete-last-completion-raw)
589 (insert-and-inherit pcomplete-termination-string))
590 (setq pcomplete-current-completions
591 (cdr pcomplete-current-completions))))))
593 ;;;###autoload
594 (defun pcomplete-help ()
595 "Display any help information relative to the current argument."
596 (interactive)
597 (let ((pcomplete-show-help t))
598 (pcomplete)))
600 ;;;###autoload
601 (defun pcomplete-list ()
602 "Show the list of possible completions for the current argument."
603 (interactive)
604 (when (and pcomplete-cycle-completions
605 pcomplete-current-completions
606 (eq last-command 'pcomplete-argument))
607 (delete-char (- pcomplete-last-completion-length))
608 (setq pcomplete-current-completions nil
609 pcomplete-last-completion-raw nil))
610 (let ((pcomplete-show-list t))
611 (pcomplete)))
613 ;;; Internal Functions:
615 ;; argument handling
616 (defun pcomplete-arg (&optional index offset)
617 "Return the textual content of the INDEXth argument.
618 INDEX is based from the current processing position. If INDEX is
619 positive, values returned are closer to the command argument; if
620 negative, they are closer to the last argument. If the INDEX is
621 outside of the argument list, nil is returned. The default value for
622 INDEX is 0, meaning the current argument being examined.
624 The special indices `first' and `last' may be used to access those
625 parts of the list.
627 The OFFSET argument is added to/taken away from the index that will be
628 used. This is really only useful with `first' and `last', for
629 accessing absolute argument positions."
630 (setq index
631 (if (eq index 'first)
633 (if (eq index 'last)
634 pcomplete-last
635 (- pcomplete-index (or index 0)))))
636 (if offset
637 (setq index (+ index offset)))
638 (nth index pcomplete-args))
640 (defun pcomplete-begin (&optional index offset)
641 "Return the beginning position of the INDEXth argument.
642 See the documentation for `pcomplete-arg'."
643 (setq index
644 (if (eq index 'first)
646 (if (eq index 'last)
647 pcomplete-last
648 (- pcomplete-index (or index 0)))))
649 (if offset
650 (setq index (+ index offset)))
651 (nth index pcomplete-begins))
653 (defsubst pcomplete-actual-arg (&optional index offset)
654 "Return the actual text representation of the last argument.
655 This is different from `pcomplete-arg', which returns the textual value
656 that the last argument evaluated to. This function returns what the
657 user actually typed in."
658 (buffer-substring (pcomplete-begin index offset) (point)))
660 (defsubst pcomplete-next-arg ()
661 "Move the various pointers to the next argument."
662 (setq pcomplete-index (1+ pcomplete-index)
663 pcomplete-stub (pcomplete-arg))
664 (if (> pcomplete-index pcomplete-last)
665 (progn
666 (message "No completions")
667 (throw 'pcompleted nil))))
669 (defun pcomplete-command-name ()
670 "Return the command name of the first argument."
671 (file-name-nondirectory (pcomplete-arg 'first)))
673 (defun pcomplete-match (regexp &optional index offset start)
674 "Like `string-match', but on the current completion argument."
675 (let ((arg (pcomplete-arg (or index 1) offset)))
676 (if arg
677 (string-match regexp arg start)
678 (throw 'pcompleted nil))))
680 (defun pcomplete-match-string (which &optional index offset)
681 "Like `match-string', but on the current completion argument."
682 (let ((arg (pcomplete-arg (or index 1) offset)))
683 (if arg
684 (match-string which arg)
685 (throw 'pcompleted nil))))
687 (defalias 'pcomplete-match-beginning 'match-beginning)
688 (defalias 'pcomplete-match-end 'match-end)
690 (defsubst pcomplete--test (pred arg)
691 "Perform a programmable completion predicate match."
692 (and pred
693 (cond ((eq pred t) t)
694 ((functionp pred)
695 (funcall pred arg))
696 ((stringp pred)
697 (string-match (concat "^" pred "$") arg)))
698 pred))
700 (defun pcomplete-test (predicates &optional index offset)
701 "Predicates to test the current programmable argument with."
702 (let ((arg (pcomplete-arg (or index 1) offset)))
703 (unless (null predicates)
704 (if (not (listp predicates))
705 (pcomplete--test predicates arg)
706 (let ((pred predicates)
707 found)
708 (while (and pred (not found))
709 (setq found (pcomplete--test (car pred) arg)
710 pred (cdr pred)))
711 found)))))
713 (defun pcomplete-parse-buffer-arguments ()
714 "Parse whitespace separated arguments in the current region."
715 (let ((begin (point-min))
716 (end (point-max))
717 begins args)
718 (save-excursion
719 (goto-char begin)
720 (while (< (point) end)
721 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
722 (push (point) begins)
723 (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n")
724 (push (buffer-substring-no-properties
725 (car begins) (point))
726 args))
727 (cons (nreverse args) (nreverse begins)))))
729 ;;;###autoload
730 (defun pcomplete-comint-setup (completef-sym)
731 "Setup a comint buffer to use pcomplete.
732 COMPLETEF-SYM should be the symbol where the
733 dynamic-complete-functions are kept. For comint mode itself,
734 this is `comint-dynamic-complete-functions'."
735 (set (make-local-variable 'pcomplete-parse-arguments-function)
736 'pcomplete-parse-comint-arguments)
737 (add-hook 'completion-at-point-functions
738 'pcomplete-completions-at-point nil 'local)
739 (set (make-local-variable completef-sym)
740 (copy-sequence (symbol-value completef-sym)))
741 (let* ((funs (symbol-value completef-sym))
742 (elem (or (memq 'comint-filename-completion funs)
743 (memq 'shell-filename-completion funs)
744 (memq 'shell-dynamic-complete-filename funs)
745 (memq 'comint-dynamic-complete-filename funs))))
746 (if elem
747 (setcar elem 'pcomplete)
748 (add-to-list completef-sym 'pcomplete))))
750 ;;;###autoload
751 (defun pcomplete-shell-setup ()
752 "Setup `shell-mode' to use pcomplete."
753 ;; FIXME: insufficient
754 (pcomplete-comint-setup 'comint-dynamic-complete-functions))
756 (declare-function comint-bol "comint" (&optional arg))
758 (defun pcomplete-parse-comint-arguments ()
759 "Parse whitespace separated arguments in the current region."
760 (declare (obsolete comint-parse-pcomplete-arguments "24.1"))
761 (let ((begin (save-excursion (comint-bol nil) (point)))
762 (end (point))
763 begins args)
764 (save-excursion
765 (goto-char begin)
766 (while (< (point) end)
767 (skip-chars-forward " \t\n")
768 (push (point) begins)
769 (while
770 (progn
771 (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n\\")
772 (when (eq (char-after) ?\\)
773 (forward-char 1)
774 (unless (eolp)
775 (forward-char 1)
776 t))))
777 (push (buffer-substring-no-properties (car begins) (point))
778 args))
779 (cons (nreverse args) (nreverse begins)))))
781 (defun pcomplete-parse-arguments (&optional expand-p)
782 "Parse the command line arguments. Most completions need this info."
783 (let ((results (funcall pcomplete-parse-arguments-function)))
784 (when results
785 (setq pcomplete-args (or (car results) (list ""))
786 pcomplete-begins (or (cdr results) (list (point)))
787 pcomplete-last (1- (length pcomplete-args))
788 pcomplete-index 0
789 pcomplete-stub (pcomplete-arg 'last))
790 (let ((begin (pcomplete-begin 'last)))
791 (if (and (listp pcomplete-stub) ;??
792 (not pcomplete-expand-only-p))
793 (let* ((completions pcomplete-stub) ;??
794 (common-stub (car completions))
795 (c completions)
796 (len (length common-stub)))
797 (while (and c (> len 0))
798 (while (and (> len 0)
799 (not (string=
800 (substring common-stub 0 len)
801 (substring (car c) 0
802 (min (length (car c))
803 len)))))
804 (setq len (1- len)))
805 (setq c (cdr c)))
806 (setq pcomplete-stub (substring common-stub 0 len)
807 pcomplete-autolist t)
808 (when (and begin (> len 0) (not pcomplete-show-list))
809 (delete-region begin (point))
810 (pcomplete-insert-entry "" pcomplete-stub))
811 (throw 'pcomplete-completions completions))
812 (when expand-p
813 (if (stringp pcomplete-stub)
814 (when begin
815 (delete-region begin (point))
816 (insert-and-inherit pcomplete-stub))
817 (if (and (listp pcomplete-stub)
818 pcomplete-expand-only-p)
819 ;; this is for the benefit of `pcomplete-expand'
820 (setq pcomplete-last-completion-length (- (point) begin)
821 pcomplete-current-completions pcomplete-stub)
822 (error "Cannot expand argument"))))
823 (if pcomplete-expand-only-p
824 (throw 'pcompleted t)
825 pcomplete-args))))))
827 (define-obsolete-function-alias
828 'pcomplete-quote-argument #'comint-quote-filename "24.3")
830 ;; file-system completion lists
832 (defsubst pcomplete-dirs-or-entries (&optional regexp predicate)
833 "Return either directories, or qualified entries."
834 (pcomplete-entries
836 (lambda (f)
837 (or (file-directory-p f)
838 (and (or (null regexp) (string-match regexp f))
839 (or (null predicate) (funcall predicate f)))))))
841 (defun pcomplete--entries (&optional regexp predicate)
842 "Like `pcomplete-entries' but without env-var handling."
843 (let* ((ign-pred
844 (when (or pcomplete-file-ignore pcomplete-dir-ignore)
845 ;; Capture the dynbound value for later use.
846 (let ((file-ignore pcomplete-file-ignore)
847 (dir-ignore pcomplete-dir-ignore))
848 (lambda (file)
849 (not
850 (if (eq (aref file (1- (length file))) ?/)
851 (and dir-ignore (string-match dir-ignore file))
852 (and file-ignore (string-match file-ignore file))))))))
853 (reg-pred (if regexp (lambda (file) (string-match regexp file))))
854 (pred (cond
855 ((null (or ign-pred reg-pred)) predicate)
856 ((null (or ign-pred predicate)) reg-pred)
857 ((null (or reg-pred predicate)) ign-pred)
858 (t (lambda (f)
859 (and (or (null reg-pred) (funcall reg-pred f))
860 (or (null ign-pred) (funcall ign-pred f))
861 (or (null predicate) (funcall predicate f))))))))
862 (lambda (s p a)
863 (if (and (eq a 'metadata) pcomplete-compare-entry-function)
864 `(metadata (cycle-sort-function
865 . ,(lambda (comps)
866 (sort comps pcomplete-compare-entry-function)))
867 ,@(cdr (completion-file-name-table s p a)))
868 (let ((completion-ignored-extensions nil)
869 (completion-ignore-case pcomplete-ignore-case))
870 (completion-table-with-predicate
871 #'comint-completion-file-name-table pred 'strict s p a))))))
873 (defconst pcomplete--env-regexp
874 "\\(?:\\`\\|[^\\]\\)\\(?:\\\\\\\\\\)*\\(\\$\\(?:{\\([^}]+\\)}\\|\\(?2:[[:alnum:]_]+\\)\\)\\)")
876 (defun pcomplete-entries (&optional regexp predicate)
877 "Complete against a list of directory candidates.
878 If REGEXP is non-nil, it is a regular expression used to refine the
879 match (files not matching the REGEXP will be excluded).
880 If PREDICATE is non-nil, it will also be used to refine the match
881 \(files for which the PREDICATE returns nil will be excluded).
882 If no directory information can be extracted from the completed
883 component, `default-directory' is used as the basis for completion."
884 ;; FIXME: The old code did env-var expansion here, so we reproduce this
885 ;; behavior for now, but really env-var handling should be performed globally
886 ;; rather than here since it also applies to non-file arguments.
887 (let ((table (pcomplete--entries regexp predicate)))
888 (lambda (string pred action)
889 (let ((strings nil)
890 (orig-length (length string)))
891 ;; Perform env-var expansion.
892 (while (string-match pcomplete--env-regexp string)
893 (push (substring string 0 (match-beginning 1)) strings)
894 (push (getenv (match-string 2 string)) strings)
895 (setq string (substring string (match-end 1))))
896 (if (not (and strings
897 (or (eq action t)
898 (eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries))))
899 (let ((newstring
900 (mapconcat 'identity (nreverse (cons string strings)) "")))
901 ;; FIXME: We could also try to return unexpanded envvars.
902 (complete-with-action action table newstring pred))
903 (let* ((envpos (apply #'+ (mapcar #' length strings)))
904 (newstring
905 (mapconcat 'identity (nreverse (cons string strings)) ""))
906 (bounds (completion-boundaries newstring table pred
907 (or (cdr-safe action) ""))))
908 (if (>= (car bounds) envpos)
909 ;; The env-var is "out of bounds".
910 (if (eq action t)
911 (complete-with-action action table newstring pred)
912 `(boundaries
913 ,(+ (car bounds) (- orig-length (length newstring)))
914 . ,(cdr bounds)))
915 ;; The env-var is in the file bounds.
916 (if (eq action t)
917 (let ((comps (complete-with-action
918 action table newstring pred))
919 (len (- envpos (car bounds))))
920 ;; Strip the part of each completion that's actually
921 ;; coming from the env-var.
922 (mapcar (lambda (s) (substring s len)) comps))
923 `(boundaries
924 ,(+ envpos (- orig-length (length newstring)))
925 . ,(cdr bounds))))))))))
927 (defsubst pcomplete-all-entries (&optional regexp predicate)
928 "Like `pcomplete-entries', but doesn't ignore any entries."
929 (let (pcomplete-file-ignore
930 pcomplete-dir-ignore)
931 (pcomplete-entries regexp predicate)))
933 (defsubst pcomplete-dirs (&optional regexp)
934 "Complete amongst a list of directories."
935 (pcomplete-entries regexp 'file-directory-p))
937 ;; generation of completion lists
939 (defun pcomplete-find-completion-function (command)
940 "Find the completion function to call for the given COMMAND."
941 (let ((sym (intern-soft
942 (concat "pcomplete/" (symbol-name major-mode) "/" command))))
943 (unless sym
944 (setq sym (intern-soft (concat "pcomplete/" command))))
945 (and sym (fboundp sym) sym)))
947 (defun pcomplete-completions ()
948 "Return a list of completions for the current argument position."
949 (catch 'pcomplete-completions
950 (when (pcomplete-parse-arguments pcomplete-expand-before-complete)
951 (if (= pcomplete-index pcomplete-last)
952 (funcall pcomplete-command-completion-function)
953 (let ((sym (or (pcomplete-find-completion-function
954 (funcall pcomplete-command-name-function))
955 pcomplete-default-completion-function)))
956 (ignore
957 (pcomplete-next-arg)
958 (funcall sym)))))))
960 (defun pcomplete-opt (options &optional prefix _no-ganging _args-follow)
961 "Complete a set of OPTIONS, each beginning with PREFIX (?- by default).
962 PREFIX may be t, in which case no PREFIX character is necessary.
963 If NO-GANGING is non-nil, each option is separate (-xy is not allowed).
964 If ARGS-FOLLOW is non-nil, then options which take arguments may have
965 the argument appear after a ganged set of options. This is how tar
966 behaves, for example.
967 Arguments NO-GANGING and ARGS-FOLLOW are currently ignored."
968 (if (and (= pcomplete-index pcomplete-last)
969 (string= (pcomplete-arg) "-"))
970 (let ((len (length options))
971 (index 0)
972 char choices)
973 (while (< index len)
974 (setq char (aref options index))
975 (if (eq char ?\()
976 (let ((result (read-from-string options index)))
977 (setq index (cdr result)))
978 (unless (memq char '(?/ ?* ?? ?.))
979 (push (char-to-string char) choices))
980 (setq index (1+ index))))
981 (throw 'pcomplete-completions
982 (mapcar
983 (function
984 (lambda (opt)
985 (concat "-" opt)))
986 (pcomplete-uniquify-list choices))))
987 (let ((arg (pcomplete-arg)))
988 (when (and (> (length arg) 1)
989 (stringp arg)
990 (eq (aref arg 0) (or prefix ?-)))
991 (pcomplete-next-arg)
992 (let ((char (aref arg 1))
993 (len (length options))
994 (index 0)
995 opt-char arg-char result)
996 (while (< (1+ index) len)
997 (setq opt-char (aref options index)
998 arg-char (aref options (1+ index)))
999 (if (eq arg-char ?\()
1000 (setq result
1001 (read-from-string options (1+ index))
1002 index (cdr result)
1003 result (car result))
1004 (setq result nil))
1005 (when (and (eq char opt-char)
1006 (memq arg-char '(?\( ?/ ?* ?? ?.)))
1007 (if (< pcomplete-index pcomplete-last)
1008 (pcomplete-next-arg)
1009 (throw 'pcomplete-completions
1010 (cond ((eq arg-char ?/) (pcomplete-dirs))
1011 ((eq arg-char ?*) (pcomplete-executables))
1012 ((eq arg-char ??) nil)
1013 ((eq arg-char ?.) (pcomplete-entries))
1014 ((eq arg-char ?\() (eval result))))))
1015 (setq index (1+ index))))))))
1017 (defun pcomplete--here (&optional form stub paring form-only)
1018 "Complete against the current argument, if at the end.
1019 See the documentation for `pcomplete-here'."
1020 (if (< pcomplete-index pcomplete-last)
1021 (progn
1022 (if (eq paring 0)
1023 (setq pcomplete-seen nil)
1024 (unless (eq paring t)
1025 (let ((arg (pcomplete-arg)))
1026 (when (stringp arg)
1027 (push (if paring
1028 (funcall paring arg)
1029 (file-truename arg))
1030 pcomplete-seen)))))
1031 (pcomplete-next-arg)
1033 (when pcomplete-show-help
1034 (pcomplete--help)
1035 (throw 'pcompleted t))
1036 (if stub
1037 (setq pcomplete-stub stub))
1038 (if (or (eq paring t) (eq paring 0))
1039 (setq pcomplete-seen nil)
1040 (setq pcomplete-norm-func (or paring 'file-truename)))
1041 (unless form-only
1042 (run-hooks 'pcomplete-try-first-hook))
1043 (throw 'pcomplete-completions
1044 (if (functionp form)
1045 (funcall form)
1046 ;; Old calling convention, might still be used by files
1047 ;; byte-compiled with the older code.
1048 (eval form)))))
1051 (defmacro pcomplete-here* (&optional form stub form-only)
1052 "An alternate form which does not participate in argument paring."
1053 (declare (debug t))
1054 `(pcomplete-here ,form ,stub t ,form-only))
1056 ;; display support
1058 (defun pcomplete-restore-windows ()
1059 "If the only window change was due to Completions, restore things."
1060 (if pcomplete-last-window-config
1061 (let* ((cbuf (get-buffer "*Completions*"))
1062 (cwin (and cbuf (get-buffer-window cbuf))))
1063 (when (window-live-p cwin)
1064 (bury-buffer cbuf)
1065 (set-window-configuration pcomplete-last-window-config))))
1066 (setq pcomplete-last-window-config nil
1067 pcomplete-window-restore-timer nil))
1069 ;; Abstractions so that the code below will work for both Emacs 20 and
1070 ;; XEmacs 21
1072 (defalias 'pcomplete-event-matches-key-specifier-p
1073 (if (featurep 'xemacs)
1074 'event-matches-key-specifier-p
1075 'eq))
1077 (defun pcomplete-read-event (&optional prompt)
1078 (if (fboundp 'read-event)
1079 (read-event prompt)
1080 (aref (read-key-sequence prompt) 0)))
1082 (defun pcomplete-show-completions (completions)
1083 "List in help buffer sorted COMPLETIONS.
1084 Typing SPC flushes the help buffer."
1085 (when pcomplete-window-restore-timer
1086 (cancel-timer pcomplete-window-restore-timer)
1087 (setq pcomplete-window-restore-timer nil))
1088 (unless pcomplete-last-window-config
1089 (setq pcomplete-last-window-config (current-window-configuration)))
1090 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Completions*"
1091 (display-completion-list completions))
1092 (minibuffer-message "Hit space to flush")
1093 (let (event)
1094 (prog1
1095 (catch 'done
1096 (while (with-current-buffer (get-buffer "*Completions*")
1097 (setq event (pcomplete-read-event)))
1098 (cond
1099 ((pcomplete-event-matches-key-specifier-p event ?\s)
1100 (set-window-configuration pcomplete-last-window-config)
1101 (setq pcomplete-last-window-config nil)
1102 (throw 'done nil))
1103 ((or (pcomplete-event-matches-key-specifier-p event 'tab)
1104 ;; Needed on a terminal
1105 (pcomplete-event-matches-key-specifier-p event 9))
1106 (let ((win (or (get-buffer-window "*Completions*" 0)
1107 (display-buffer "*Completions*"
1108 'not-this-window))))
1109 (with-selected-window win
1110 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
1111 (goto-char (point-min))
1112 (scroll-up))))
1113 (message ""))
1115 (push event unread-command-events)
1116 (throw 'done nil)))))
1117 (if (and pcomplete-last-window-config
1118 pcomplete-restore-window-delay)
1119 (setq pcomplete-window-restore-timer
1120 (run-with-timer pcomplete-restore-window-delay nil
1121 'pcomplete-restore-windows))))))
1123 ;; insert completion at point
1125 (defun pcomplete-insert-entry (stub entry &optional addsuffix raw-p)
1126 "Insert a completion entry at point.
1127 Returns non-nil if a space was appended at the end."
1128 (let ((here (point)))
1129 (if (not pcomplete-ignore-case)
1130 (insert-and-inherit (if raw-p
1131 (substring entry (length stub))
1132 (comint-quote-filename
1133 (substring entry (length stub)))))
1134 ;; the stub is not quoted at this time, so to determine the
1135 ;; length of what should be in the buffer, we must quote it
1136 ;; FIXME: Here we presume that quoting `stub' gives us the exact
1137 ;; text in the buffer before point, which is not guaranteed;
1138 ;; e.g. it is not the case in eshell when completing ${FOO}tm[TAB].
1139 (delete-char (- (length (comint-quote-filename stub))))
1140 ;; if there is already a backslash present to handle the first
1141 ;; character, don't bother quoting it
1142 (when (eq (char-before) ?\\)
1143 (insert-and-inherit (substring entry 0 1))
1144 (setq entry (substring entry 1)))
1145 (insert-and-inherit (if raw-p
1146 entry
1147 (comint-quote-filename entry))))
1148 (let (space-added)
1149 (when (and (not (memq (char-before) pcomplete-suffix-list))
1150 addsuffix)
1151 (insert-and-inherit pcomplete-termination-string)
1152 (setq space-added t))
1153 (setq pcomplete-last-completion-length (- (point) here)
1154 pcomplete-last-completion-stub stub)
1155 space-added)))
1157 ;; Selection of completions.
1159 (defun pcomplete-do-complete (stub completions)
1160 "Dynamically complete at point using STUB and COMPLETIONS.
1161 This is basically just a wrapper for `pcomplete-stub' which does some
1162 extra checking, and munging of the COMPLETIONS list."
1163 (unless (stringp stub)
1164 (message "Cannot complete argument")
1165 (throw 'pcompleted nil))
1166 (if (null completions)
1167 (ignore
1168 (if (and stub (> (length stub) 0))
1169 (message "No completions of %s" stub)
1170 (message "No completions")))
1171 ;; pare it down, if applicable
1172 (when (and pcomplete-use-paring pcomplete-seen)
1173 (setq pcomplete-seen
1174 (mapcar 'directory-file-name pcomplete-seen))
1175 (dolist (p pcomplete-seen)
1176 (add-to-list 'pcomplete-seen
1177 (funcall pcomplete-norm-func p)))
1178 (setq completions
1179 (apply-partially 'completion-table-with-predicate
1180 completions
1181 (when pcomplete-seen
1182 (lambda (f)
1183 (not (member
1184 (funcall pcomplete-norm-func
1185 (directory-file-name f))
1186 pcomplete-seen))))
1187 'strict)))
1188 ;; OK, we've got a list of completions.
1189 (if pcomplete-show-list
1190 ;; FIXME: pay attention to boundaries.
1191 (pcomplete-show-completions (all-completions stub completions))
1192 (pcomplete-stub stub completions))))
1194 (defun pcomplete-stub (stub candidates &optional cycle-p)
1195 "Dynamically complete STUB from CANDIDATES list.
1196 This function inserts completion characters at point by completing
1197 STUB from the strings in CANDIDATES. A completions listing may be
1198 shown in a help buffer if completion is ambiguous.
1200 Returns nil if no completion was inserted.
1201 Returns `sole' if completed with the only completion match.
1202 Returns `shortest' if completed with the shortest of the matches.
1203 Returns `partial' if completed as far as possible with the matches.
1204 Returns `listed' if a completion listing was shown.
1206 See also `pcomplete-filename'."
1207 (let* ((completion-ignore-case pcomplete-ignore-case)
1208 (completions (all-completions stub candidates))
1209 (entry (try-completion stub candidates))
1210 result)
1211 (cond
1212 ((null entry)
1213 (if (and stub (> (length stub) 0))
1214 (message "No completions of %s" stub)
1215 (message "No completions")))
1216 ((eq entry t)
1217 (setq entry stub)
1218 (message "Sole completion")
1219 (setq result 'sole))
1220 ((= 1 (length completions))
1221 (setq result 'sole))
1222 ((and pcomplete-cycle-completions
1223 (or cycle-p
1224 (not pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length)
1225 (<= (length completions)
1226 pcomplete-cycle-cutoff-length)))
1227 (let ((bound (car (completion-boundaries stub candidates nil ""))))
1228 (unless (zerop bound)
1229 (setq completions (mapcar (lambda (c) (concat (substring stub 0 bound) c))
1230 completions)))
1231 (setq entry (car completions)
1232 pcomplete-current-completions completions)))
1233 ((and pcomplete-recexact
1234 (string-equal stub entry)
1235 (member entry completions))
1236 ;; It's not unique, but user wants shortest match.
1237 (message "Completed shortest")
1238 (setq result 'shortest))
1239 ((or pcomplete-autolist
1240 (string-equal stub entry))
1241 ;; It's not unique, list possible completions.
1242 ;; FIXME: pay attention to boundaries.
1243 (pcomplete-show-completions completions)
1244 (setq result 'listed))
1246 (message "Partially completed")
1247 (setq result 'partial)))
1248 (cons result entry)))
1250 ;; context sensitive help
1252 (defun pcomplete--help ()
1253 "Produce context-sensitive help for the current argument.
1254 If specific documentation can't be given, be generic."
1255 (if (and pcomplete-help
1256 (or (and (stringp pcomplete-help)
1257 (fboundp 'Info-goto-node))
1258 (listp pcomplete-help)))
1259 (if (listp pcomplete-help)
1260 (message "%s" (eval pcomplete-help))
1261 (save-window-excursion (info))
1262 (switch-to-buffer-other-window "*info*")
1263 (funcall (symbol-function 'Info-goto-node) pcomplete-help))
1264 (if pcomplete-man-function
1265 (let ((cmd (funcall pcomplete-command-name-function)))
1266 (if (and cmd (> (length cmd) 0))
1267 (funcall pcomplete-man-function cmd)))
1268 (message "No context-sensitive help available"))))
1270 ;; general utilities
1272 (defun pcomplete-uniquify-list (l)
1273 "Sort and remove multiples in L."
1274 (setq l (sort l 'string-lessp))
1275 (let ((m l))
1276 (while m
1277 (while (and (cdr m)
1278 (string= (car m)
1279 (cadr m)))
1280 (setcdr m (cddr m)))
1281 (setq m (cdr m))))
1283 (define-obsolete-function-alias
1284 'pcomplete-uniqify-list
1285 'pcomplete-uniquify-list "27.1")
1287 (defun pcomplete-process-result (cmd &rest args)
1288 "Call CMD using `call-process' and return the simplest result."
1289 (with-temp-buffer
1290 (apply 'call-process cmd nil t nil args)
1291 (skip-chars-backward "\n")
1292 (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))))
1294 ;; create a set of aliases which allow completion functions to be not
1295 ;; quite so verbose
1297 ;;; jww (1999-10-20): are these a good idea?
1298 ;; (defalias 'pc-here 'pcomplete-here)
1299 ;; (defalias 'pc-test 'pcomplete-test)
1300 ;; (defalias 'pc-opt 'pcomplete-opt)
1301 ;; (defalias 'pc-match 'pcomplete-match)
1302 ;; (defalias 'pc-match-string 'pcomplete-match-string)
1303 ;; (defalias 'pc-match-beginning 'pcomplete-match-beginning)
1304 ;; (defalias 'pc-match-end 'pcomplete-match-end)
1306 (provide 'pcomplete)
1308 ;;; pcomplete.el ends here