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diff --git a/info/auto-auto-complete.texinfo b/info/auto-auto-complete.texinfo index 541dba0..49dc807 100644 --- a/info/auto-auto-complete.texinfo +++ b/info/auto-auto-complete.texinfo @@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ To keep this example short we will truncate this to: ) @end example -@page @command{ponysay} also have a number of options that does take an argument. We will add a few of them. @@ -342,7 +341,6 @@ Suggest sockets. Suggest doors. @end table -@page @example ((value command ponysay) (multiple unargumented ...) ;We have cut out the options. @@ -507,6 +505,112 @@ this is because we want @option{--f}, @option{--files} and @code{--ponies} to have the same configurations (with exception for the description) as the @option{-f} option. +Once again, to make the example shorter we will cut out +some parts. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but the (suggestion):s. + (suggestion message) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion pony-f) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion balloon) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion wrap) ;We will fill this in later... +) +@end example + +For @code{(suggestion message)} we want the word +`MESSAGE' to be suggested to let the user know +that the non-option arguments make up the message +that is printed (if used). + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but the (suggestion):s. + (suggestion message (verbatim MESSAGE)) + (suggestion pony-f) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion balloon) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion wrap) ;We will fill this in later... +) +@end example + +For @code{(suggestion pony-f)} we want, in addition +to the .pony-files which as already been configured, +.pony-files from @file{/usr/share/ponysay/ponies} +to be suggested without the .pony-suffix. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but the (suggestion):s. + (suggestion message (verbatim MESSAGE)) + (suggestion pony-f (ls "'/usr/share/ponysay/ponies'" .pony)) + (suggestion balloon) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion wrap) ;We will fill this in later... +) +@end example + +However, if the shell supports executing comments to +get suggetions we want to utilise this. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but the (suggestion):s. + (suggestion message (verbatim MESSAGE)) + (suggestion pony-f (exec "'/usr/bin/ponysay'" --onelist) + (noexec ls "'/usr/share/ponysay/ponies'" .pony)) + (suggestion balloon) ;We will fill this in later... + (suggestion wrap) ;We will fill this in later... +) +@end example + +@code{(suggestion balloon)} will work very similarly. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but the (suggestion):s. + (suggestion message (verbatim MESSAGE)) + (suggestion pony-f (exec "'/usr/bin/ponysay'" --onelist) + (noexec ls "'/usr/share/ponysay/ponies'" .pony)) + (suggestion balloon (exec "'/usr/bin/ponysay'" --balloonlist) + (no-exec ls "'/usr/share/ponysay/balloons'" + (case (ponysay .say) (ponythink .think)))) + (suggestion wrap) ;We will fill this in later... +) +@end example + +The first thing we want to do for @option{--wrap} +is to give it some default suggestion. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but (suggestion wrap) + (suggestion wrap (verbatim none inherit 100 60)) +) +@end example + +The next step is to suggest the terminal's +width minus 10 columns. In the Bash shell this +can be calculated with +@command{$(( $(stty size | cut -d ' ' -f 2) - 10 ))}. + +@example +( ;We have cut out everything but (suggestion wrap) + (suggestion wrap + (verbatim none inherit 100 60) + (calc (pipe (stty size) (cut -d ' ' -f 2)) - 10) + ) +) +@end example + +As seen here @code{(pipe (a) (b) (c))} translates into +@code{(a | b | c)}. There are a few similar blocks that +can be used. + +@table @code +@item (fullpipe (a) (b) (c)) +@code{(a |& b |& c)}, or equivalently: +@code{(a 2>&1 | b 2>&1 | c)} +@item (cat (a) (b) (c)) +@code{(a ; b ; c)} +@item (and (a) (b) (c)) +@code{(a && b && c)} +@item (or (a) (b) (c)) +@code{(a || b || c)} +@end table + @node GNU Free Documentation License |