alot/completion/argparse.py
# Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>
# This file is released under the GNU GPL, version 3 or a later revision.
# For further details see the COPYING file
import argparse
from .completer import Completer
from ..utils import argparse as cargparse
class ArgparseOptionCompleter(Completer):
"""completes option parameters for a given argparse.Parser"""
def __init__(self, parser):
"""
:param parser: the option parser we look up parameter and choices from
:type parser: `argparse.ArgumentParser`
"""
self.parser = parser
self.actions = parser._optionals._actions
def complete(self, original, pos):
pref = original[:pos]
res = []
for act in self.actions:
if '=' in pref:
optionstring = pref[:pref.rfind('=') + 1]
# get choices
if 'choices' in act.__dict__:
# TODO: respect prefix
choices = act.choices or []
res = res + [optionstring + a for a in choices]
else:
for optionstring in act.option_strings:
if optionstring.startswith(pref):
# append '=' for options that await a string value
if isinstance(act, (argparse._StoreAction,
cargparse.BooleanAction)):
optionstring += '='
res.append(optionstring)
return [(a, len(a)) for a in res]