Term::Complete

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3perl)
Updated: 2001-02-22
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NAME

Term::Complete - Perl word completion module

    $input = Complete('prompt_string', \@completion_list);
    $input = Complete('prompt_string', @completion_list);

This routine provides word completion on the list of words in the array (or array ref).

The tty driver is put into raw mode using the system command "stty raw -echo" and restored using "stty -raw echo".

The following command characters are defined:

<tab>: Attempts word completion. Cannot be changed.
^D: Prints completion list. Defined by $Term::Complete::complete.
^U: Erases the current input. Defined by $Term::Complete::kill.
<del>, <bs>: Erases one character. Defined by $Term::Complete::erase1 and $Term::Complete::erase2.

Bell sounds when word completion fails.

The completion character <tab> cannot be changed.

Wayne Thompson

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