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TODO: optcomplete
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- bug: we need a better way to pass the COMP_WORDS array to the program, lest
the space delimited arguments will be split (bleh). perhaps use a random
string to do this.
- provide more completers.
.. end
- how will it work with my multiple subcommand framework?
- see if we can support csh.
- we could add an option that would make the short options automatically expand
to long options, this depends how the shell treats our answers.
- optcomplete: write and publish the insight document about optcomplete, with 3
volets:
1. documentation, in file
2. options parsing and help
3. graying/filter vs. programmable completion
- Unix has had the great tradition of the command-line interface (note: just
another interface);
- this has nurtured an environment where genericity has been given
importance, and incidentally, modularity. these conditions make for
software that is more robust: there is more reuse since the functionality
is more generic, and modularity forces the programmer to have to deal with
interfaces, which in turn indices the need for better design and thinking
of the code.
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