wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Christopher Howard]

Hi, I use eshell-command frequently to paste output from a command into a buffer. E.g.:

```
ls -1 *.jpg >> #<some-other-buffer>
```

It would be really cool if there was completion available so that I could type "#<so" <TAB> and get buffer name completion candidates. This doesn't seem to be a feature yet, at least not in the Emacs 30 branch. It will give some completion candidates from functions and such, but not buffer names.

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Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Philip Kaludercic]

Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> writes:

> Hi, I use eshell-command frequently to paste output from a command into a buffer. E.g.:
>
> ```
> ls -1 *.jpg >> #<some-other-buffer>
> ```
>
> It would be really cool if there was completion available so that I
> could type "#<so" <TAB> and get buffer name completion
> candidates. This doesn't seem to be a feature yet, at least not in the
> Emacs 30 branch. It will give some completion candidates from
> functions and such, but not buffer names.

If I were you I'd report this as a bug/feature request.

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Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Jim Porter]

On 9/10/2024 2:39 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Hi, I use eshell-command frequently to paste output from a command into a buffer. E.g.:
> 
> ```
> ls -1 *.jpg >> #<some-other-buffer>
> ```
> 
> It would be really cool if there was completion available so that I could type "#<so" <TAB> and get buffer name completion candidates. This doesn't seem to be a feature yet, at least not in the Emacs 30 branch. It will give some completion candidates from functions and such, but not buffer names.
> 

This is already supported. See commit 9199fa00caa6 (and 69e8333210ae for 
some further enhancements on top).

Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Christopher Howard]

Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:

> On 9/10/2024 2:39 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> This is already supported. See commit 9199fa00caa6 (and 69e8333210ae
> for some further enhancements on top).
>

Thanks! I built master and gave this a try, and it seems to be working fine.

Life is getting a bit complicated, running three versions of Emacs on one system!

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Christopher Howard

Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Karthik Chikmagalur]

> Hi, I use eshell-command frequently to paste output from a command into a buffer. E.g.:
>
> ```
> ls -1 *.jpg >> #<some-other-buffer>
> ```
>
> It would be really cool if there was completion available so that I
> could type "#<so" <TAB> and get buffer name completion candidates.

In addition to this (now implemented) feature, you can insert a buffer
for redirection using `eshell-insert-buffer-name', bound to C-c M-b by
default in eshell.

Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Christopher Howard]

Karthik Chikmagalur <karthikchikmagalur@gmail.com> writes:

> In addition to this (now implemented) feature, you can insert a buffer
> for redirection using `eshell-insert-buffer-name', bound to C-c M-b by
> default in eshell.

Great, thanks! I see this is part in Emacs 30. Very convenient. Thank you, dev people! 🫡

-- 
Christopher Howard

Re: wishlist: buffer completion for Eshell #<...> syntax?

[Karthik Chikmagalur]

>> In addition to this (now implemented) feature, you can insert a buffer
>> for redirection using `eshell-insert-buffer-name', bound to C-c M-b by
>> default in eshell.
>
> Great, thanks! I see this is part in Emacs 30. Very convenient. Thank you, dev people! 🫡

I believe this binding for `eshell-insert-buffer-name' goes back at least to Emacs 27.1.