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bug#26661: compile, shell etc. should use bash-completion !
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#26661: compile, shell etc. should use bash-completion ! |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Sep 2020 18:34:00 -0400 |
Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> writes:
> Out of curiosity, couldn't shell-mode (and M-x compile et al.) do what
> python-mode does, i.e. ask the interpreter's "completion API" for
> candidates when the user hits TAB?
>
> I think that's what the "bash-completion" package from MELPA does[1];
> this approach would allow Emacs to leverage Bash's programmable
> completion with no special support for specific commands.
>
>
> (Apologies if I've misunderstood something, I've only very quickly
> glanced at python.el and bash-completion's internals.)
>
>
> [1]
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/szermatt/emacs-bash-completion/master/bash-completion.el
>
> See e.g. bash-completion--setup-bash-common which runs "complete -p".
Interesting, I didn't know about that package. I tested it, and it
seems to do the job.
I think it's interesting as an alternative, but is it suitable as a
default? For example what happens if you don't have bash-completion
installed on your machine. IIRC it is a separate package in Debian.
Also, I doubt that it could ever be as powerful as pcomplete.
My preference is that for this use-case we point users to use the
third-party package, but I guess YMMV. Any other opinions?