[GRASS-dev] Simple bash auto-completion for GRASS

[Moritz Lennert]

On 05/02/13 12:02, Vaclav Petras wrote:
> Hi,
>
> he is the simple incomplete version of auto-completion for GRASS bash
> command line.
>
> Implemented only of two commands -- d.rast and d.vect -- and works
> only in the case with single parameter (d.vect mapname). It completes
> the name of raster/vector map (for all mapsets as returned by
> g.mlist).
>
> How to test it: in the GRASS command line run "source
> bash_completion.sh". Type "d.rast " and press TAB.
>
> I don't know what should be auto-completed; how to deal with the
> number of GRASS commands; if/how to handle parameters; what are
> side-effects; how it works on various systems/shells; and how to
> integrated into GRASS. The question which I tried to answer is: Is
> that possible?

You might want to look at this old implementation:

http://www.sorokine.info/grass-complete/

Moritz