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From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: about readline
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:03:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871wx8sylv.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878xrh9edv.fsf@www.williamxu.com> (William Xu's message of "Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:42:36 +0800")

William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com> writes:

> While this is a function? It seems the very variable is
> *readline-completion-function*, but which is not exported from the
> module?

Yes.  I guess the point is to protect the normal value of
*readline-completion-function* from being permanently lost.  Is this
interface a problem in practice for you?

> Also, i have no clue how to contruct a proper `completer' for
> with-readline-completion-function. The docstring is too simple... 

It is a bit odd, but basically follows the corresponding C interface.
Here's an example which worked some time ago for me.  (I haven't
tested it recently.)

  ...
  (with-readline-completion-function
      (command-completion-function commands)
    (lambda ()
      ...))
  ...

(define (command-completion-function commands)
  ;; commands is a list of strings representing the possible
  ;; completions.
  (letrec ((cmds '())
	   (regexp #f)
	   (completer (lambda (text continue?)
			(if continue?
			    (if (null? cmds)
				#f
				(let ((cmd (car cmds)))
				  (set! cmds (cdr cmds))
				  (if (string-match regexp cmd)
				      cmd
				      (completer text #t))))
			    (begin
			      (set! cmds commands)
			      (set! regexp
				    (string-append "^" (regexp-quote text)))
			      (completer text #t))))))
    completer))

Regards,
        Neil



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  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-11 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-11 14:56 about readline William Xu
2006-03-11 15:09 ` Neil Jerram
2006-03-11 15:42   ` William Xu
2006-03-11 17:03     ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2006-03-12 11:19       ` William Xu
2006-03-12 14:38         ` Neil Jerram

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