/cli-autocomplete

Cross-platform flexible autocomplete library for your cli applications.

Primary LanguageCMIT LicenseMIT

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Cross-platform flexible autocomplete library for your CLI applications

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Features

  • Cross-platform: MacOS, Linux, Windows
  • Write your own autocomplete rules
  • Setup your own highlight colors
  • single header version of the library
  • static and dynamic versions of the library

Config Example

  1. After git may follow: config, init, clone
  2. After config may follow: --global, user.name, user.email
  3. After --global may follow: user.name, user.email
  4. After user.name may follow optional value: "[name]"
  5. ...
git
    config
        --global
            user.name
                "[name]"
            user.email
                "[email]"
        user.name
            "[name]"
        user.email
            "[email]"
    init
        [repository_name]
    clone
        [url]

Simple Example

More complex example with: color settings, handling optional values and line title configuration you will find here

#include <stdio.h>

#include "../include/autocomplete.h"

int main() {
    // Parsing the configuration file
    Tree* rules = tree_create("../example.config");

    fprintf(
        stderr,
        "Attention! Please run the executable file only\n"
        "           through the command line!\n\n"

        "- To switch the prompts press UP or DOWN arrow.\n"
        "- To move cursor press LEFT or RIGHT arrow.\n"
        "- To edit input press DELETE or BACKSPACE key.\n"
        "- To apply current prompt press TAB key.\n\n"
    );

    // Listening process
    while (1) {
        // Get user input
        char* str = input(rules);
        printf("\n%s\n", str);

        // Stop listening if user need
        if (strcmp(str, "") == 0) {
            free(str);
            break;
        }

        // Free user input string
        free(str);
    }

    // Free rules
    tree_free(rules);

    return 0;
}

How to start

git clone https://github.com/DieTime/CLI-AutoComplete.git
cd CLI-AutoComplete/

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S . -B ./cmake-build
cmake --build ./cmake-build --config Release

----------------------- RUN EXAMPLE ---------------------

# Unix
cd builds/examples/unix/Release
./custom_example

# MinGW
cd builds/examples/mingw/Release
custom_example.exe

# MSVC
cd builds/examples/msvc/Release
custom_example.exe

Linking a shared library [Releases]

Unix
gcc -o <executable> <paths/of/source/files> -L<path/to/shared/lib/folder> -I<path/to/include/folder> -lcliac -Wl,-rpath,<path/to/shared/lib/folder>
Windows MSVC from VS Command Prompt
cl /EHsc <paths/of/source/files> /Fe<executable>.exe /I<path/to/include/folder> /link <path/to/shared/lib/file(.lib)>
Windows MinGW
gcc -o <executable>.exe <paths/of/source/files> -L<path/to/shared/lib/folder> -I<path/to/include/folder> -lcliac

Linking a static library [Releases]

Unix
gcc -o <executable> <paths/of/source/files> -L<path/to/static/lib/folder> -I<path/to/include/folder> -lcliac
Windows MSVC from VS Command Prompt
cl /EHsc <paths/of/source/files> /Fe<executable>.exe /I<path/to/include/folder> /link <path/to/static/lib/file(.lib)>
Windows MinGW
gcc -o <executable>.exe <paths/of/source/files> -L<path/to/static/lib/folder> -I<path/to/include/folder> -lcliac

About changes

A detailed description of the changes can be found in CHANGELOG.md

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