Questions tagged [programmable-completion]
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zsh: use completions for command X when I type command Y
In zsh, I have a function called g which acts like this:
with no arguments, call git status
with one or more arguments, delegate to git with all given arguments - i.e. call git $@
I would like the tab completions for g to be exactly the same as…

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Is it possible to detect when text wraps?
Is it possible to detect where text wraps?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
lets say that above text wraps after 'dolor' word. How to detect that and insert there some mark of it so it would be Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet for…

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Is there a good, online tutorial for learning intermediate-to-advanced Bash programmable completion?
My current skill level with programmable completion is pretty basic — about at "complete -d cd". I'd like to significantly increase my knowledge (and use) of completion to increase my CLI productivity, but I'm having trouble finding an online…

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Cycle through only specific file types in PS using custom tab completion on the command line
I use PowerShell's PSReadline-based tab completion and I'm looking to implement the following custom completion behavior:
In a folder I have
File1.java
File1.class
File2.java
File2.class
If I use tab after java I got a list of the files:
java…

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Bash Completion: What can we do with it, what lies in the future
Bash lets you complete commands names and names of files in the arguments with the TAB key.
But why not also common options to commands? Why not, even better, a completion system that tells you what an option does, too?
I heard of programmable…

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Change bash programmable completion (tab completion) output format
Bash tab completion conveniently executes some ls-like function whenever there are multiple completion options. For example, if ls yields
test1 test2 test3 randomfile
and all of those entries are folders then cd tes…

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having problems with android
Please have a look at the code below:
When I use handler like this I get a warning(This Handler class should be static or leaks might occur )
Can someone tell me what is the best way to do this?
private void cacheImages() {
try {
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How could I register an app in Google App Engine programmatically?
I would like to register a new app on my Admin Console programmatically without having to visit the actual Admin Console webpage.
I see there is no way to do it via API?
Can anyone think of any other solution to do it with a script or some other…

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