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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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