lix/doc/manual/rl-next/repl-complete-colon.md
Qyriad 010d93393e repl: implement tab completing :colon commands
This uses a minor hack in which we check the rl_line_buffer global
variable to workaround editline not including the colon in its
completion callback.

Fixes #361

Change-Id: Id159d209c537443ef5e37a975982e8e12ce1f486
2024-06-17 13:08:02 +00:00

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synopsis: "`nix repl` now allows tab-completing the special repl :colon commands"
cls: 1367
credits: Qyriad
category: Improvements
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The REPL (`nix repl`) supports pressing `<TAB>` to complete a partial expression, but now also supports completing the special :colon commands as well (`:b`, `:edit`, `:doc`, etc), if the line starts with a colon.