Zsh completion for pacman??

I've been looking for that all day long, I even tried to do my own but I'm not good using zstyle. I found something in a mailing list, and it was suposed to have attached the files to do it (for testing), but the mailing list didn't even show me the atachement, so... anyone knows how to achieve it?

Lone_Wolf wrote:
try
pacman -S bash-completion
It extends the completion abiliites for bash a lot.
1 of the benefits of it is that <tab> works for package names.
What does that have to do with zsh?

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ZSH tab-completion for pacman

A long while ago, I found a set of functions for zsh tab-completion for pacman in the Arch mailing list archives. I've improved them recently to make it faster (reading files from /var/lib/pacman instead of calling pacman itself).
Anyway, you can find my version in the AUR: zsh-pacman
enjoy!

shadowhand wrote:
Been using zsh-pacman for a while, works great, but I'm having some issues with your netcfg completions, stuff like this:
02:14:14 %] iwconfig [~]
_arguments:comparguments:208: invalid argument: device[device]
This is strange i cant reproduce this bug. Any details ?
Just for informations:
zsh --version ~
zsh 4.2.6 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)

Zsh completion with pacman 3.5

Hi.
Does zsh completion work for you with pacman 3.5 for -S?
Bash completion works as intended:
[chris@chriseee ~]$ sudo pacman -S fire
firefox firefox-adblock-plus firefox-i18n firefox-noscript firefox-spell-ru firehol
However, with zsh it is broken:
~ % sudo pacman -S fire core/
No matches for: `arguments', `package', `packages', `repository/package', or `file'
and it "corrects" fire to core/
With -Q it works with zsh too:
~ % pacman -Q firefox :(
completing package
firefox firefox-i18n

Oh well, thank you.

[SOLVED]zsh completion config not being loaded but other settings work

This seems like a slightly odd problem. I've been using zsh quite happily for a while now and as far as I've been aware, my .zshrc has been loaded consistently and properly.
Today I decided to add auto-completion for one of my own programs. It works, BUT I have to manually `source ~/.zshrc` in each new terminal even after logging out and back in. The `fpath` variable is not being read from the .zshrc when I log in or start a terminal/emulator, but if I manually source .zshrc it works fine.
Here are the relevant files:
~/.zshenv
#!/bin/zsh
ZDOTDIR=~/.config/zsh
typeset -U path
path=($HOME/bin $HOME/scripts $path)
export EDITOR=vim
export DIRB=~/.local/share/DirB
export LOCAL_PACKAGE_SOURCES=/home/ian/dl
~/.config/_zshrc
# The following lines were added by compinstall
zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _ignored
zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/ian/.config/zsh/_zshrc'
autoload -Uz promptinit colors
colors
promptinit
# COMPLETION settings
fpath=(~/.config/zsh/completion $fpath)
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
zstyle ':completion:*' menu select=2
# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
HISTFILE=~/.local/share/zshhistfile
HISTSIZE=1000
SAVEHIST=1000
if ! [[ "${PATH}" =~ "^${HOME}/bin" ]]; then
export PATH="${HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
fi
if ! [[ "${PATH}" =~ "^${HOME}/scripts" ]]; then
export PATH="${HOME}/scripts:${PATH}"
fi
# history options:
setopt append_history hist_ignore_dups hist_ignore_all_dups hist_ignore_space hist_no_store
# background jobs:
setopt notify
# changing directory:
setopt auto_cd auto_pushd pushd_silent
# globbing:
setopt extended_glob
# unset:
unsetopt beep flow_control
# keymap: emacs
bindkey -e
# End of lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
# make M-f and M-b stop at / in paths:
export WORDCHARS=''
source ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.config/bash/aliases
source ~/.config/zsh/alias_s
source ~/.config/zsh/alias_g
source ~/.config/bash/DirB
source ~/.config/zsh/functions
# prompt:
PS1="%B%{$fg[black]%}::%{$fg[cyan]%}(%b%{$fg[cyan]%}%n@%m%B%{$fg[cyan]%})%{$fg[black]%}-%{$fg[cyan]%}(%b%{$fg[cyan]%}%T%B%{$fg[cyan]%})%{$fg[black]%}-%{$fg[cyan]%}[%b%{$fg[cyan]%}%h%B%{$fg[cyan]%}]%{$fg[black]%}-%{$fg[cyan]%}(%b%{$fg[yellow]%}%2~%B%{$fg[cyan]%})%{$fg[black]%}>%b %{$reset_color%}"
The only changes I've made are the lines under "COMPLETION."
Can anyone spot something in there to suggest why everything seems to work except the `fpath=(~/.config/zsh/completion $fpath)` line?
Last edited by ibrunton (2015-06-09 22:43:24)

This is what I use (note, different ZSHDOTDIR to you):
# completions
# add custom completion scripts
fpath=(~/.zsh/completion $fpath)
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _correct _approximate
zstyle ':completion:*' expand prefix suffix
zstyle ':completion:*' completer _expand_alias _complete _approximate
zstyle ':completion:*' menu select
zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort name
zstyle ':completion:*' ignore-parents pwd
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}
zstyle ':completion:*:pacman:*' force-list always
zstyle ':completion:*:*:pacman:*' menu yes select
zstyle -e ':completion:*' hosts 'reply=(cent pi sent veles)'
zstyle :compinstall filename '$HOME/.zsh/zshrc'

Tab completion in pacman?

Hi, new Arch user here, just switch from Debian.
I'm just wondering whether pacman has tab completion, so if I type pacman -S firef<tab> it'll complete as firefox. It was just a feature I found convenient.
Anyhow, Arch looks to be a fun adventure.

Tab completion with pacman will work out of the box with zsh, for bash you will need to install the package 'bash-completion'.

Bash-completion with pacman [split]

lessthanjake wrote:Install extra/bash-completion and you get bashcompletion for pacman -S.
How does it work? i have installed it but pacman -S gnome-pane does not give gnome-panel

_Gandalf_ wrote:I know why now, Actually i'm trying to do as regular user, as root it works fine, i can't do it even with prefixing it with sudo since the auto completion has not entered the sudo envirement yet (no Enter pressed)
Well on my desktop I don't need to be root (and I don't see the point to be root if you are just looking for a package with -Ss)
Edit: The update of bash-completion seemed to fix everything

Packup - a simple backup/restore/migration script for Pacman

I have seen numerous posts on the forums asking for an easy way to backup and restore installed software for purposes of backup, migration or simply for convenience. Packup attempts to fill this void. Simply put, Packup is an ncurses wrapper for Pacman which provides a simple backup/restore/migration system for Arch. Don't believe me? Try it for yourself!

Mimi wrote:
Ghost1227 wrote:by default it should be $8 not $9... I'd love to know why yours responds differently.
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl packup-*
-rw-r--r-- 1 julia users 2633 2. Jan 18:22 packup-complete-20090102-1821
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl packup-* | egrep -v '^d' | awk '{ print $8 }'
18:22
Maybe the problem is a different date format (de_DE.utf8).
┌─[~]
└─╼ ls -Bl --time-style=iso packup-* | egrep -v '^d' | awk '{ print $8 }'
packup-complete-20090102-1821
Good point - added --time-style to the script, should fix that problem...
Mimi wrote:
If i select "Run Yaourt" the program exits, i don't know, maybe the exit status of the if condition (if [ $? = 0 ]) overrides the selection?
┌─[~]
└─╼ if [ $? = 1 ]; then echo abcdef; elif [ $? = 1 ]; then echo fedcba; fi
fedcba
Or is it just me?
I think you miscopied something there...
if [ $? = 1 ]; ... elif [ $? = 1 ]; ...
it's kinda redundant... shouldn't one of those be =0? or =3? i'm not even sure which function you're referencing.

Useful tab-completion for .bashrc

I was searching for a tab completion in systemd commands such as:
$ systemct <TAB> (this show all possible parameters/flags) and another <TAB> (show all units and itself commands).
Reading posts here and there I found that the following command in .bashrc:
complete -F or -C command
did the trick, but this is awful and painfull cause I need to implement it in all commands, such as, pacman, man, sudo, etc. Ok, googling, I found this usefull script you can put in your .bashrc:
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_vault_complete() {
COMPREPLY=()
local word="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
local completions="$(vault --cmplt "$word")"
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$completions" -- "$word") )
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This will complete all your commands with infinite posibilities. (This example use command vault, you can use whatever you want)
I put the link (well explained) here because there is a way to do it in zshell for those interested on it.
http://goo.gl/RFwgK
I hope this can be help someone.
Cheers
Maybe would be useful to put this script on the bashrc wiki.
Last edited by JohnnyDeacon (2013-05-21 13:21:21)

firecat53 wrote:
Just wondering if you actually tested this first...from what I read on the link you provided, this script fragment provided completion for the 'vault' command only if I'm understanding it correctly. In order to make this work for any command, you would have to repeat that shell fragment for _each_ command. Not sure what this gets you over just using 'complete -cf <cmd>'.
I think the author was just explaining how to create a bash completion script for an arbitrary command that could be included along with that command. Most software packages have those bash completion scripts already included. This could be used for a command that doesn't include that script already. If that's what you intended with your post it wasn't clear to me :-)
Scott
Edit: I also just noticed that without even having 'complete -cf systemctl' in my .bashrc, bash is still giving me a list of possible systemctl options when I hit <TAB> after typing systemctl. Ooo, nice! Never noticed that before
complete -cf <cmd> does not complete with flags and parameters.
I have noticed about a script called bash-completion on repos that do completion very well, I'll check it out if it works with all commands.

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"Your search returned no hits."
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works fine
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extra/srcpac 0.6-1
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community/pacman-contrib 3.3.0-1
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community/pacupdate 0.1.1-2
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community/perl-cpanplus-pacman 0.3.5-1
CPANPLUS::Dist plugin and script to create Arch Linux packages of CPAN
modules
community/powerpill 16.0-12
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community/shaman 1.2.0-1
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community/xpacman 0.11-4
X pacman game (use z x / ' q keys)
community/xpacman2 1.002-2
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Auto-complete for the email addresses in the mail app is not working

Hi, could somebody kindly help, please?
I have just got a new iphone 5s after my old 5 got broken. When I got the new 5s one I had to restore everything from the back-up copy I had on my ipad or in my icloud, whatever.
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.bashrc not working for pacman

Hi I was trying to get coloured output for pacman as per the wiki (Wiki Pacman Colour)I chose just to add the alias to my .bashrc method. I know that other functions of my .bashrc are working. This is my .bashrc
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
# coloured pacman output
alias pacs="pacsearch"
pacsearch () {
echo -e "$(pacman -Ss $@ | sed \
-e 's#current/.*#\\033[1;31m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#extra/.*#\\033[0;32m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#community/.*#\\033[1;35m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#^.*/.* [0-9].*#\\033[0;36m&\\033[0;37m#g' )"
# safety copy, delete & colour
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -iv'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias ..="cd .."
alias cl="clear"
alias ll="ls -lhav"
alias ls="ls -v --color=auto"
alias df="df -h"
alias du="du -hc"
alias mv="mv -iv"
alias cp="cp -v"
Any ideas on why it wont work have used gnome-terminal and xterm to test coloured output with no success.
This is the ll command alias working so I know my .bashrc is working or at least being recognised. I like the default behaviour of Pacman and wanted the colour output purely for readability.
[root@myhost flebber]# ll
total 192K
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 400 2007-06-22 16:04 #.bashrc#
drwx------ 31 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-23 15:07 .
drwxrwxr-x 5 flebber root 4.0K 2007-06-21 02:35 ..
-rw------- 1 flebber users 477 2007-06-23 15:07 .ICEauthority
drwx------ 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 03:13 .Trash
-rw------- 1 flebber users 0 2007-06-21 03:15 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 05:31 .audacious
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber users 763 2007-06-23 15:05 .bash_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber users 510 2007-06-23 14:47 .bash_profile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber users 607 2007-06-23 15:05 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 13:59 .cache
drwxrwxr-x 6 flebber root 4.0K 2007-06-22 05:27 .config
drwxrwxr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:37 .dbus
-rw------- 1 flebber users 45 2007-06-22 16:17 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 15:30 .emacs.d
-rw------- 1 flebber users 16 2007-06-21 04:00 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 03:47 .evolution
drwxr-xr-x 5 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 08:32 .exaile
drwx------ 4 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 15:33 .flock
drwxr-xr-x 5 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 16:23 .fluxbox
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 07:58 .fontconfig
drwxrwxr-x 5 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-23 15:07 .gconf
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-23 15:07 .gconfd
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber users 0 2007-06-22 05:19 .gksu.lock
drwxrwxr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:37 .gnome
drwxrwxr-x 9 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-23 15:06 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:37 .gnome2_private
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 08:39 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber users 89 2007-06-21 00:37 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:40 .icons
drwxr-xr-x 4 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 09:02 .listen
drwxrwxr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 01:32 .local
drwxr-xr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 08:39 .lyrics
drwx------ 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 15:33 .macromedia
drwxrwxr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:37 .metacity
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 15:33 .mozilla
drwxrwxr-x 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-23 15:06 .nautilus
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 3.2K 2007-06-22 05:29 .recently-used.xbel
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 00:40 .themes
drwx------ 3 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-21 02:26 .thumbnails
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber 501 262 2007-06-21 00:34 .xinitrc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber root 9 2007-06-19 23:33 .xintrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 05:26 .xmms
-rwxrwxr-x 1 flebber users 100 2007-06-19 21:05 .xsession
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 644 2007-06-23 15:07 .xsession-errors
drwxrwxr-x 2 flebber users 4.0K 2007-06-22 05:17 Desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 3.5K 2007-06-22 05:30 eq.preset
-rw-rw-r-- 1 flebber root 47 2007-06-20 08:54 hopeless
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 3.5K 2007-06-22 05:17 presets.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 flebber users 872 2007-06-22 05:18 winamp_presets.gz
[root@myhost flebber]#
PS this output featured colour.
Last edited by flebber (2007-06-23 05:24:51)

yeah logged out and in
Updated
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# coloured pacman output
alias pacs="pacsearch"
pacsearch () {
echo -e "$(pacman -Ss $@ | sed \
-e 's#current/.*#\\033[1;31m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#extra/.*#\\033[0;32m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#community/.*#\\033[1;35m&\\033[0;37m#g' \
-e 's#^.*/.* [0-9].*#\\033[0;36m&\\033[0;37m#g' )"
# safety copy, delete & colour
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -iv'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias ..="cd .."
alias cl="clear"
alias ll="ls -lhav"
alias ls="ls -v --color=auto"
alias df="df -h"
alias du="du -hc"
alias mv="mv -iv"
alias cp="cp -v"
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
PATH=$PATH:/home/flebber/*
Last edited by flebber (2007-06-23 06:53:43)

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Hi everybody,
I want to use the file adapter and a question arises for both sender and
receiver:
On the sender: How does the PI know when a file is complete for reading?
Can this be a problem (PI starts reading the file when it is not complete?)
On the receiver: How does the receiver know when a file written by
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Best regards
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Hi Stefan,
On the sender: How does the PI know when a file is complete for reading?
Can this be a problem (PI starts reading the file when it is not complete?)
Yes, it could be a problem: Have a look at below from help.sap
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