NAME

Complete::Zsh::Gen::FromGetoptLong - Generate zsh completion script from Getopt::Long spec/script

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of Complete::Zsh::Gen::FromGetoptLong (from Perl distribution Complete-Zsh-Gen-FromGetoptLong), released on 2016-10-27.

SYNOPSIS

FUNCTIONS

gen_zsh_complete_from_getopt_long_script(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Generate zsh completion script from Getopt::Long script.

This routine generate zsh compadd command for each short/long option, enabling zsh to display the options in a different color and showing description (if specified) for each option.

Getopt::Long::Complete scripts are also supported.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • cmdname => str

    Command name to be completed, defaults to filename.

  • compname => str

    Completer name.

  • filename* => filename

  • skip_detect => bool

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: A script that can be put in $fpath/_$cmdname (str)

gen_zsh_complete_from_getopt_long_spec(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

From Getopt::Long spec, generate completion script for the zsh shell.

This routine generate zsh completion script for each short/long option, enabling zsh to display the options in a different color and showing description (if specified) for each option.

Getopt::Long::Complete scripts are also supported.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • cmdname* => str

    Command name to be completed.

  • compname => str

    Completer name, if there is a completer for option values.

  • opt_desc => hash

    Description for each option.

    This is optional and allows adding description for the complete command. Each key of the hash should correspond to the option name without the dashes, e.g. s, long.

  • spec* => hash

    Getopt::Long options specification.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: A script that can be put in $fpath/_$cmdname (str)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Complete-Zsh-Gen-FromGetoptLong.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Complete-Zsh-Gen-FromGetoptLong.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Complete-Zsh-Gen-FromGetoptLong

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.