Andreas Schwab wrote:
The default completion function is filename completion. If you want
something different you need to write your own.
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Yes... so I look for a 'complete' function that I
can call with my options (or to choose some set of supplied
choices, like usernames or hostnames) -- but minimally, the
readline call I would use to set the options I want returned.
But... I don't see a complete call in readline.
That's why I asked the question.
I wasn't expecting to "source" /<bash-completion-dir>/*.sh
and have bash shell commands interpret correctly in perl.
I don't see how to supply choices, or choose a non-default
set (like dir's only, or files ending in .gz, only).
How do I call the bash equiv of 'complete' in order to communicate
my 'choice(s)' to readline?
Meanwhile, in the semi-snarky department:
... write my own? Really? My own code to make my own
custom selections -- what a primitive interface.
I always preferred 'smart' interfaces like:
sub read_users_mind {
my mind_src="/dev/mind"
if [[ ! -c $mind_src || ! -O $mind_src ]]; then # be sure to only
read our own
mind_src=$(echo ~/.mind-backups/dflt-overrides) # hope we made a
backup!
fi
magick_code(tm);
}
Cheers!
:-)
