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| -rw-r--r-- | cmd2/cmd2.py | 1 | ||||
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diff --git a/cmd2/cmd2.py b/cmd2/cmd2.py index 8d9627aa..86e511c7 100644 --- a/cmd2/cmd2.py +++ b/cmd2/cmd2.py @@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd): begidx += len(shortcut_to_restore) break else: + # No shortcut was found. Complete the command token. parser = DEFAULT_ARGUMENT_PARSER(add_help=False) parser.add_argument('command', metavar="COMMAND", help="command, alias, or macro name", choices=self._get_commands_aliases_and_macros_for_completion()) diff --git a/docs/features/completion.rst b/docs/features/completion.rst index 0e6bedd9..3894a4eb 100644 --- a/docs/features/completion.rst +++ b/docs/features/completion.rst @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ completion hints. .. _argparse-based: + Tab Completion Using argparse Decorators ---------------------------------------- @@ -132,6 +133,17 @@ any of the 3 completion parameters: ``choices``, ``choices_provider``, and See the argparse_completion_ example or the implementation of the built-in :meth:`~cmd2.Cmd.do_set` command for demonstration of how this is used. + +Custom Completion with ``read_input()`` +-------------------------------------------------- + +``cmd2`` provides :attr:`cmd2.Cmd.read_input` as an alternative to Python's +``input()`` function. ``read_input`` supports configurable tab completion and +up-arrow history at the prompt. See read_input_ example for a demonstration. + +.. _read_input: https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/blob/master/examples/read_input.py + + For More Information -------------------- |