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@@ -22,19 +22,18 @@
.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder
.\" shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use
.\" or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
.\" of the copyright holder.
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-.TH CPL_COMPLETE_WORD 3TECLA "Jun 1, 2004"
+.TH CPL_COMPLETE_WORD 3TECLA "January 18, 2020"
.SH NAME
cpl_complete_word, cfc_file_start, cfc_literal_escapes, cfc_set_check_fn,
cpl_add_completion, cpl_file_completions, cpl_last_error, cpl_list_completions,
cpl_recall_matches, cpl_record_error, del_CplFileConf, cpl_check_exe,
del_WordCompletion, new_CplFileConf, new_WordCompletion \- look up possible
completions for a word
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR\&.\|.\|. ] \fIfile\fR\&.\|.\|. \fB-ltecla\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR\&.\|.\|. ]
#include <stdio.h>
#include <libtecla.h>
@@ -114,12 +113,10 @@
.nf
\fBconst char *\fR\fBcpl_last_error\fR(\fBWordCompletion *\fR\fIcpl\fR);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
-.LP
The \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR function is part of the \fBlibtecla\fR(3LIB)
library. It is usually called behind the scenes by \fBgl_get_line\fR(3TECLA),
but can also be called separately.
.sp
.LP
@@ -179,28 +176,28 @@
function. The \fIword_start\fR argument should be the index within the input
line string of the start of the word that is being completed. This should equal
\fIword_end\fR if a zero-length string is being completed. The \fIsuffix\fR
argument is the string that would have to be appended to the incomplete word to
complete it. If this needs any quoting (for example, the addition of
-backslashes before special charaters) to be valid within the displayed input
+backslashes before special characters) to be valid within the displayed input
line, this should be included. A copy of the suffix string is allocated
internally, so there is no need to maintain your copy of the string after
\fBcpl_add_completion()\fR returns.
.sp
.LP
In the array of possible completions that the \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR
function returns, the suffix recorded by \fBcpl_add_completion()\fR is listed
-along with the concatentation of this suffix with the word that lies between
+along with the concatenation of this suffix with the word that lies between
\fIword_start\fR and \fIword_end\fR in the input line.
.sp
.LP
The \fItype_suffix\fR argument specifies an optional string to be appended to
the completion if it is displayed as part of a list of completions by
-\fIcpl_list_completions\fR. The intention is that this indicate to the user the
+\fIcpl_list_completions\fR. The intention is that this indicates to the user the
type of each completion. For example, the file completion function places a
directory separator after completions that are directories, to indicate their
-nature to the user. Similary, if the completion were a function, you could
+nature to the user. Similarly, if the completion were a function, you could
indicate this to the user by setting \fItype_suffix\fR to "()". Note that the
\fItype_suffix\fR string is not copied, so if the argument is not a literal
string between speech marks, be sure that the string remains valid for at least
as long as the results of \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR are needed.
.sp
@@ -212,11 +209,11 @@
file-completion callback function adds a directory separator if the completed
word is a directory. If the completed word were a function name, you could
similarly aid the user by arranging for an open parenthesis to be appended.
.sp
.LP
-The \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR is normally called behind the scenes by
+The \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR function is normally called behind the scenes by
\fBgl_get_line\fR(3TECLA), but can also be called separately if you separately
allocate a \fBWordCompletion\fR object. It performs word completion, as
described at the beginning of this section. Its first argument is a resource
object previously returned by \fBnew_WordCompletion()\fR. The \fIline\fR
argument is the input line string, containing the word to be completed. The
@@ -275,11 +272,11 @@
\fINULL\fR. A description of the error can be acquired by calling the
\fBcpl_last_error()\fR function.
.sp
.LP
The \fBcpl_last_error()\fR function returns a terse description of the error
-which occurred on the last call to \fBcpl_com plete_word()\fR or
+which occurred on the last call to \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR or
\fBcpl_add_completion()\fR.
.sp
.LP
As a convenience, the return value of the last call to
\fBcpl_complete_word()\fR can be recalled at a later time by calling
@@ -293,13 +290,11 @@
arranges for the displayed columns of completions to all have the same width,
set by the longest completion. It also appends the \fItype_suffix\fR strings
that were recorded with each completion, thus indicating their types to the
user.
.SS "Builtin Filename completion Callback"
-.sp
-.LP
-By default the \fBgl_get_line()\fR function, passes the
+By default the \fBgl_get_line()\fR function passes the
\fBCPL_MATCH_FN\fR(\fBcps_file_completions\fR) completion callback function to
\fBcpl_complete_word()\fR. This function can also be used separately, either by
sending it to \fBcpl_complete_word()\fR, or by calling it directly from your
own completion callback function.
.sp
@@ -341,11 +336,11 @@
line, each lone backslash in the input line is interpreted as being a special
character which removes any special significance of the character which follows
it, such as a space which should be taken as part of the filename rather than
delimiting the start of the filename. These backslashes are thus ignored while
looking for completions, and subsequently added before spaces, tabs and literal
-back slashes in the list of completions. To have unescaped back slashes treated
+backslashes in the list of completions. To have unescaped backslashes treated
as normal characters, call \fBcfc_literal_escapes()\fR with a non-zero value in
its \fIliteral\fR argument.
.sp
.LP
By default, \fBcpl_file_completions()\fR reports all files whose names start
@@ -375,27 +370,23 @@
.sp
.LP
The \fBcpl_check_exe()\fR function is a provided callback of the above type,
for use with \fBcpl_file_completions()\fR. It returns non-zero if the filename
-that it is given represents a normal file that the user has execute permission
-to. You could use this to have \fBcpl_file_completions()\fR only list
+that it is given represents a normal file that the user has permission to
+execute. You could use this to have \fBcpl_file_completions()\fR only list
completions of executable files.
.sp
.LP
When you have finished with a \fBCplFileConf\fR variable, you can pass it to
the \fBdel_CplFileConf()\fR destructor function to reclaim its memory.
.SS "Thread Safety"
-.sp
-.LP
It is safe to use the facilities of this module in multiple threads, provided
that each thread uses a separately allocated \fBWordCompletion\fR object. In
other words, if two threads want to do word completion, they should each call
\fBnew_WordCompletion()\fR to allocate their own completion objects.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.sp
.TS
@@ -408,9 +399,7 @@
_
MT-Level MT-Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
-.LP
\fBef_expand_file\fR(3TECLA), \fBgl_get_line\fR(3TECLA), \fBlibtecla\fR(3LIB),
\fBpca_lookup_file\fR(3TECLA), \fBattributes\fR(5)