xontrib-argcomplete 0.2.8

Argcomplete support for python and xonsh scripts in xonsh shell.

Argcomplete support for python and xonsh scripts in xonsh shell.

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Install

xpip install xontrib-argcomplete
echo 'xontrib load argcomplete' >> ~/.xonshrc
# Reload xonsh

Usage

Before usage you must add the argcomplete support to your script. The PYTHON_ARGCOMPLETE_OK marker should be found in the first 10 lines of the file.

The argcomplete xonsh completer will be activated with this cases:

python script.py
./script.py
./path/script.py

xonsh script.xsh
./script.xsh
./path/script.xsh

# scripts without extension should have "env python" or "env xonsh" or path to python/xonsh in the shebang
./script
script    # script should be found in $PATH

Example

xpip install xontrib-argcomplete
xontrib load argcomplete

cd /tmp && git clone https://github.com/anki-code/xontrib-argcomplete
cd xontrib-argcomplete/tests

python proto.py <Tab>  # Suggestions: --help --proto -h
./proto.py --proto tt<Tab>  # Suggestions: http https
./proto.xsh --proto tt<Tab>  # Suggestions: http https
./proto --proto tt<Tab>  # Suggestions: http https

$PATH.append($PWD)
proto --proto tt<Tab>  # Suggestions: http https

Known issues

Current version supports Linux/Mac only.

Files or paths with spaces in names is not supported now and completion will not be activated. PRs are welcome!

Development

• To switch on the debug mode run $XONTRIB_ARGCOMPLETE_DEBUG = True.
• Argcomplete environment variables
• Argcomplete documentation