Questions tagged [autocomplete]
A feature provided by interactive programs such as shells and text editors that inserts text to complete a word or phrase that the user is likely intending to compose.
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Exclude files from zsh tab completion based on exit code of external tool
I'd like to use my current zsh autocompletion setup but filter out some of the results. I've set up an autocompletion file and put it in my fpath so that it gets autoloaded. But there's one critical ...
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How is bash autocompletion for Inkscape tied to dbus and how can I stop it?
Recently i noticed that when i try to "tab-tab" complete a filename for some gtk applications (i do not use gnome) i get dbus errors. for example:
$ inkscape pu (tab-tab, to complete the ...
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Why doesn’t zsh autocomplete .java source files when using java MyFile.java?
Since Java 10 as I recall, we can run Java source files directly from the command line:
bash
$ java Math.java
The JVM compiles and executes the file automatically.
However, in zsh, tab autocompletion ...
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Why is arch linux bash better than Ubuntu bash?
Both of them use bash, but the one used on arch linux has way better auto-completion. But why is that? Both of them claim to use normal Bash, so how can that be true?
I forgot to clarify that what I ...
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Debian: bash-completion does not work with "sudo bash" and "su"
After installing bash-completion on Debian testing (nearly Debian 13), completion works without any additional configuration in my normal user account. This is because of /etc/profile.d/...
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Disable command+filename completion in bash readline
I'm trying to use "read -e" to implement a user prompt with custom commands. For this I must disable the default command+filename completion. I tried this:
complete -W 'cmd1 cmd2 cmd3' -D
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Display all commands matching a glob [duplicate]
How can I get Bash to list the first (or all) commands that match a given glob?
For example, let's say I'm looking for a command called cat. I can do
type cat
and it will search $PATH and tell me ...
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Change zsh autocompletion for rsync version 3.2.4 and newer
rsync changed how it escapes arguments in version 3.2.4 (released 15 Apr 2022), and zsh doesn't comply with the new behaviour. For example, if I have a file named "my test file.txt", ...
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No space after option with bash completion
I'm trying to filter bash-completion suggestions. Here awf-gtk2 -s abc.png [TAB] display -h --help -s --screenshot (it's ridiculous) / and awf-gtk2 -s[TAB] add a space after -s (perfect), with:
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create a completion function for tmux-manager
Here is my script:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
kill-all-sessions() {
tmux kill-server
}
kill-other-sessions() {
tmux kill-session -a
}
kill-unattached-sessions() {
tmux list-sessions -F '#{...
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Why does tab autocomplete sometimes not work?
In bash (Ubuntu 24.10, but I guess this would apply to other versions/distributions) when you type in a console a command you can use TAB to autocomplete the filenames of the current directory. ...
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How can I make Zsh autocomplete in the middle of a word (like Bash)?
In Bash, when I press in the middle of a word, it suggests completions based on the text up to the cursor, and if I select one, it replaces the current word rather than appending to it or leaving any ...
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What is the use case of the `compadd -Q` flag in zsh completions?
When making a custom zsh completion, the compadd function has the -Q option.
The zsh documentation describes the -Q option as follows:
-Q This flag instructs the completion code not to quote any ...
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Vanilla tab behaviour with zsh-autocomplete
I’m using zsh-autocomplete (https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete) and trying to keep my Tab completion “vanilla” (i.e., expand-or-complete instead of selecting the top suggestion). ...
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How to get a file quicker in TAB:menu-complete binding?
In bash, when binding TAB with menu-complete, I can cycle through the current files in the lexicographical or alphabetic order.
What if the file that I want is the last file in the order? How can I ...
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