micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Autocompletion in shell mode (Ctrl-b)
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
At the current moment shell mode does not support auto completion as how it would be possible on the command line. I set some bash variables as shortcuts to get to micro bindings and micro settings file, specifically $microbindings and $microsettings and I can't access these from shell mode. However I am able to start another instance of micro with the above files opened up: $ micro microbindings . Is it possible to include these features in shell mode?
Specifications
You can use micro -version to get the commit hash.
Commit hash: af520cf
OS: Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit
Terminal: gnome-terminal
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Research direction
Start by tracing shell mode from the Ctrl-b entry point and compare its behavior with command-line completion. Verify completion for shell variables such as $microbindings and $microsettings, while preserving the existing micro microbindings invocation behavior. Done means those variables can be completed and opened from shell mode.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100