NAME
Complete::Fish - Completion module for fish shell
VERSION
This document describes version 0.060 of Complete::Fish (from Perl
distribution Complete-Fish), released on 2020-01-29.
DESCRIPTION
fish allows completion of option arguments to come from an external
command, e.g.:
% complete -c deluser -l user -d Username -a "(cat /etc/passwd|cut -d : -f 1)"
The command is supposed to return completion entries one in a separate
line. Description for each entry can be added, prefixed with a tab
character. The provided function "format_completion()" accept a
completion answer structure and format it for fish. Example:
format_completion(["a", "b", {word=>"c", description=>"Another letter"}])
will result in:
a
b
c Another letter
FUNCTIONS
format_completion
Usage:
format_completion($completion) -> str|array
Format completion for output (for shell).
fish accepts completion reply in the form of one entry per line to
STDOUT. Description can be added to each entry, prefixed by tab
character.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* $completion* => *hash|array*
Completion answer structure.
Either an array or hash, as described in "Complete".
Return value: Formatted string (or array, if `as` key is set to `array`)
(str|array)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/Complete-Fish>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Complete-Fish>.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Complete-Fish>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
SEE ALSO
Complete
Complete::Bash
Fish manual.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014 by
perlancar@cpan.org.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.