Auto-complete datatree paths containing . or ../
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- #217 by @TomNicholas — closed without merging
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Description
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Copying over from https://github.com/xarray-contrib/datatree/issues/189
Feature Request: Some form of path auto-completion
The more I play with datatree, the more I realize the huge potential of this package. Amazing work @TomNicholas.
I have been using dt for CMIP6 analysis and one of the things that is still fairly slow for me is to navigate into different specific leaves of the tree. Having some sort of incremental auto-complete of the path like this:
dt.['model/<click tab> --> dt.['model/experiment_a/]
similar to what happens in the bash shell with tab completion would be an absolute killer feature. Most users already know how to navigate this (from their terminal). For massive trees this would speed up the workflow tremendously.
On the other hand I have no idea how complex this is to implement. Just wanted to suggest this feature.
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Research direction
Review the linked datatree issue and closed pull request #217 first to understand the prior approach and remaining scope. Define how path completion should work for paths containing . and ../, including the interaction model and completion boundaries. Done means the feature has agreed behavior and coverage for the requested path-navigation cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100