| Message ID | 20240301-shell-completion-v2-1-741c88669859@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [b4,v2] b4: add shell completion via python-shtab | expand |
On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:59:23PM +0000, Emil Velikov via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> > > The python-shtab module allows for static shell completion files, > whereas others like python-argcomplete, execute the underlying tool for > ever suggestion. Thank you for the series! I hope to look at it very soon -- I just need to wrap my head around the underlying concept. Cheers, -K
On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:59:23PM +0000, Emil Velikov via B4 Relay wrote:
> For more details, see the website https://github.com/iterative/shtab
Thank you for pointing me in that direction. I think I'd rather use their CLI
integration, what do you think? E.g. we can have misc/tc-generate.sh with the
following contents:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
echo "Specify the shell type as parameter (bash, zsh, tcsh)"
exit 1
fi
if which shtab >/dev/null 2>&1; then
PYTHONPATH="src${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" \
exec shtab --shell=$1 -u b4.command.setup_parser
fi
I believe running ./misc/tc-generate.sh from the toplevel dir should
get us the exact same result as your patch below, no?
My preference would be to go this route, because it doesn't create a new
dependency on shtab but still lets packagers generate and ship the
tab-completion content.
-K
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 20:53, Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 04:59:23PM +0000, Emil Velikov via B4 Relay wrote: > > For more details, see the website https://github.com/iterative/shtab > > Thank you for pointing me in that direction. I think I'd rather use their CLI > integration, what do you think? E.g. we can have misc/tc-generate.sh with the > following contents: > > #!/usr/bin/env bash > if [[ -z $1 ]]; then > echo "Specify the shell type as parameter (bash, zsh, tcsh)" > exit 1 > fi > if which shtab >/dev/null 2>&1; then > PYTHONPATH="src${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" \ > exec shtab --shell=$1 -u b4.command.setup_parser > fi > > I believe running ./misc/tc-generate.sh from the toplevel dir should > get us the exact same result as your patch below, no? > > My preference would be to go this route, because it doesn't create a new > dependency on shtab but still lets packagers generate and ship the > tab-completion content. > The above solution can break in a number of cases and since there's no CI, it can lurk broken for a while. - path changes from src/b4/ to ... - parser function is moved from command.py, or command.py itself is renamed - parser function is renamed Does that seem like a reasonable argument, or do you prefer the standalone script approach? Thanks Emil
On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 12:03:31PM +0000, Emil Velikov wrote: > > My preference would be to go this route, because it doesn't create a new > > dependency on shtab but still lets packagers generate and ship the > > tab-completion content. > > > > The above solution can break in a number of cases and since there's no > CI, it can lurk broken for a while. Yes, but the same is true for any number of other things. Since this is an auxiliary feature, it's not really critical in my view. > - path changes from src/b4/ to ... I doubt this will change again -- I just did this as a large breaking feature to make pyproject.toml look less insane and I don't expect to do this again. > - parser function is moved from command.py, or command.py itself is renamed > - parser function is renamed These are possible, of course, but I doubt they are likely to happen. Even if it does, since it's an auxiliary feature, I don't really worry too much about introducing this regression. > Does that seem like a reasonable argument, or do you prefer the > standalone script approach? I still prefer to go with the CLI solution. I'm going to commit the script to misc (giving you proper attribution) and we'll try it out. -K
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 at 19:35, Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 12:03:31PM +0000, Emil Velikov wrote: > > > My preference would be to go this route, because it doesn't create a new > > > dependency on shtab but still lets packagers generate and ship the > > > tab-completion content. > > > > > > > The above solution can break in a number of cases and since there's no > > CI, it can lurk broken for a while. > > Yes, but the same is true for any number of other things. Since this is an > auxiliary feature, it's not really critical in my view. > > > - path changes from src/b4/ to ... > > I doubt this will change again -- I just did this as a large breaking feature > to make pyproject.toml look less insane and I don't expect to do this again. > > > - parser function is moved from command.py, or command.py itself is renamed > > - parser function is renamed > > These are possible, of course, but I doubt they are likely to happen. Even if > it does, since it's an auxiliary feature, I don't really worry too much about > introducing this regression. > > > Does that seem like a reasonable argument, or do you prefer the > > standalone script approach? > > I still prefer to go with the CLI solution. I'm going to commit the script to > misc (giving you proper attribution) and we'll try it out. > Ack, thanks for the patience and for landing upstream o/ -Emil
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 20577e4..bd3d00b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ following commands after the initial clone:: git submodule update --init python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt +Shell completion +---------------- +b4 makes use of the python-shtab module to provide static shell completion +files. Currently python-shtab supports bash, zsh and tcsh, where others may be +added in the future. + +To generate a completion file, install python-shtab and execute:: + + ./b4.sh --print-completion zsh > _b4 + mv _b4 /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_b4 + +You may need to adjust the path and filename, depending on your distribution +setup and shell used. + Support ------- For support or with any other questions, please email tools@kernel.org, diff --git a/src/b4/command.py b/src/b4/command.py index be0f033..10cb4d0 100644 --- a/src/b4/command.py +++ b/src/b4/command.py @@ -363,6 +363,13 @@ def setup_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser: help='Submit the token received via verification email') sp_send.set_defaults(func=cmd_send) + try: + import shtab + + shtab.add_argument_to(parser, ["-s", "--print-completion"]) + except ImportError: + pass + return parser