On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:36 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > > On 5/22/21 8:29 AM, konsolebox wrote: > > `read -e` doesn't recognize custom completions (at least on my basic > > observations). For example, if I enable `complete -IW 'someword > > another-word'`, pressing tab on an empty input would do nothing. > > > > I use `read -e` to query for subcommands. It would be nice if I could > > make it autocomplete the commands that are accepted. > > > > Perhaps adding a shell option that enables this or another option to > > read like -E would be sensible. > > Thanks for the suggestion. You can try out how it would work yourself > by commenting out the assignment to rl_attempted_completion_function in > read.def:edit_line().
Thanks, that worked well. Is there a chance a feature that would allow this be defaulty implemented in the next version? If yes, what would be the strategy? Someone in IRC asked about this too just recently. -- konsolebox
