2024-09-04

Release notes for Zsh Autocomplete version 24.09.04

This release introduces the following changes in user-observable behavior. All changes have been contributed by Autocomplete's author, Marlon Richert (@marlonrichert), unless mentioned otherwise.

Potentially breaking changes

• 338c35e Remove ancestor dirs feature. Closes #675.
• a8fdd21 Move recent paths completion to a keybinding. Resolves #640.
• 3b68cf4 Don't add ^X/ to the main keymap. Add it only to the emacs keymap.
• adfade3 Let max-lines default to 16
• 5cd2221 Restore omitted menu keybindings for tab and shift-tab

Bug fixes

• b62154d Show all possible completions in command position at once. Fixes #672.
• da1f85f Work around more _describe quirks. Fixes #635.
• 453df9e Fix bug in fuzzy history sort weights. Fixes #626.
• fccc045 Remove : from file names. Fixes #623.
• 5624f7b Fix problem where alternative async completion modes would return 0 results
• 710752f Fix infinite loop in recent paths completion
• 008caae Make minimum delay more accurate
• bbbefed Fix bugs in handling of external widgets. The old code would break the behavior of certain widgets that aren't ours.
• 0f95e34 Fix check for history lines in common substring logic
• 8aae270 Fix bug in recent dir sorting
• 118b4c3 Fix bugs in the handling of $compstate[unambiguous]
• 9268521 Fix completer order
• 620ffca Avoid triggering WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL
• 1968100 Fix bugs in recent-paths widget:
  • Limit number of lines shown.
  • Don't show common substring.
  • Let lowercase match uppercase.
  • Let completion widgets insert recent paths even when the list isn't yet visible.
• 87a0c5a Complete recent files with globbed-files comp tag. Contributed by Tomas Slusny (@deathbeam). Thanks, Tomas!
  • Complete recent files (if defined) if comp tag contains globbed-files
  • Set proper description for the completion (atm both are called recent directory which is wrong)

Enhancements

• 80ded2d Allow abbreviated paths to be completed. Closes #677.
• d1bbeca Try fuzzy completion before spelling correction
• a66d6ae Rewrite list trimming to cover more edge cases
• 12e1a7f Make inserting a completion reset the completion context to default
• 2912c97 Change the group titles of _expand completions.
• faed81e Improve git arguments completion
• 545051e Simplify keybinding system
• 8f54aab Simplify recent dirs completion
• f3fdcfa Improve the handling of kill/yank sequences
• 480688a Tweak complete-word behavior
• 283d4bc Allow add-space setting to be widget-specific
• a46347b Don't complete ancestor dirs as recent dirs
• dc22275 Reduce number of chars corrected in short words
• 9b62c13 Complete ancestor dirs after recent dirs
• 4925cb7 Improve & document completion matching

Readme updates

Thanks go out to Vincent Xiao (@vxio), @3xploiton3, John Valai (@jv-k) and Vinny Meller (@vinnymeller) for various fixes, additions and improvements to the Readme file.

2023-07-13

Changelog

2023-05-24

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2023-05-02

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2022-01-21

Enhancements

• 3942311 Increase the default minimum delay
• 18a9bfb Show dotfiles if and only if GLOB_DOTS is set
  • Resolves #384.
• 1a136c9 Complete ~dirstack, then ~dirnames, then ~users
• 85bfd6e Improve completion of executables & dotfiles
• c130eee Exit live history search after accepting a match
• 41bed13 Let most widgets remove history line suffix
  • Resolves #370.
• bcdb53f Improve output in command position
• 424ec91 Prefer exact match for recent dirs
• a364a84 Reduce number of files listed for source or .
• fe20fc5 Let space remove ; history line suffix
  • Resolves #361.
• 7e53055 Improve cdr recent dirs sorting
• 86cd5e1 Improve completion matching
• d81f760 Improve history search output

Bug fixes

• 06b887a Fix quoting bug in history completion
  • Fixes #393.
• debda1c Fix bugs in parameter expansion
  • Fixes #380.
• 6f74426 Avoid expanding command substitution
  • Fixes #374.
• 5d64d38 Fix global param bug in zle-flags()
• 7727d97 Work around comp functions with bad return values
• dacf6aa Avoid global/nested var warning in compdef
• bfa331e Suppress completion warning for empty command word
  • Fixes #369.
• 8a538ff Don't pass -C flag to compinit
• a37ca02 Fix a bug in correct/approximate completer
• 21622da Fix a bug in ancestor dirs completion
• 06e783e Fix a bug in glob completion
• de71c33 Fix array expansion bugs in list trimming logic
• b41b563 Simplify ancestor/recent dirs completion
  • Fixes part of #363.
• 33979b2 Fix a bug in async completion
  • Fixes part of #363.
• a131719 Don't autoload with sticky emulate
  • Fixes part of #363.
• 3f357fc Improve the "no completions" warning
  • Fixes part of #363.
• 443544f Prevent syntax highlight from wrapping autosuggest
• efc951d Ensure default tab style is complete-word
• 0e8aca6 Escape glob chars in histfindnodups mode
  • Fixes part of #362.

2021-11-01

Enhancements

• e20d062 Add more suffix characters
• 8268b21 Show fewer completions at once in command position
  • Resolves #346.
• 3d97f06 Improve logging & bug reporting
• b0d6753 Make debugging & bug reporting easier

Bug fixes

• 1c88317 Suppress a warning.
  • Fixes #357.
• b76e0b1 Make the use of private compatible w/ zcompile
  • Fixes #335.
• 6f01370 Fix typo in PTY code
  • Fixes #353.
• 6b7c37c Fix a bug in recent dirs completion
• 7b1a81c Fix bugs in the completion widgets
  • Fixes #343.
• ec9de3c Revert "Update _parameters patch"
• f88619d Revert ff84e8d
  • Fixes #347.
• f208d04 Catch some more potentially unset parameters
  • Fixes #344.

Other Changes

• 170f313 Retire some out-of-scope menu select bindings

2021-09-22

Enhancements

• Various improvements in performance, resource utilization and output.
• 586c60c #340
• 3175f60 #334
• f59c44d #283

Bug Fixes/Workarounds

• 2ca6961 4a588f4 "Common substring" logic fixes.
• aab0277 #342
• b66bc1d #338
• 185aa65 #336
• 96fec14 #335
• 91f22ce #330

Other Changes

• d7a0899 History words are no longer offered as completions, due to performance impact.
• f17749c 99f0b2a Several built-in keybindings that are superfluous when using this plugin are now disabled/removed.

2021-08-27

Bug fixes:

• 53ef401 #319
• ca35064 #311
• c37de22 #317
• 0082d89 #315
• 1db1177 #309
• 3abe9db #291

2021-08-09

Bug Fixes

• a7f69c9 Fix a deadlock in async completion
  • Fixes #298
• 2d59624 Fix a bug in compadd options parsing
• 24e2350 Fix a bug with menu widgets & partial lists
• b79057d Fix a bug in ⌃␣ widget
• 96bb6aa Fix a highlighting bug
• c4287a8 Insert ; only for multiple history lines. Otherwise, always discard it.
  • Fixes #297.
• 14691b0 Fix a redraw bug
• ff42f83 Fix a bug in history line context matching
• 3e760b4 Change logging strategy
  • Fixes #282

Enhancements

• 5cd54a0 Give more weight to exact prefix matches
  • Resolves #301
• b164ae7 Improve all-matches performance
• 901c1d4 Don't complete recent dirs that are non-existent
• ff84e8d Improve up/down arrow widgets
• 80119c2 Bring key names in line with zkbd
• f43530d Try $key_info if $key is unavailable
• 154d4e7 Enable full text search in completion menu
• a5d6df1 Change ⇤ behavior in completion menu
• d8fb9bf Sort recent dirs by display length
• fbc7fce Improve accuracy of ZLE flag handling
• 98f4418 Sync local history before doing history search

Dropped Features

• ddb28e2 Remove vi key bindings from menuselect keymap. They're impossible to maintain for someone who doesn't use vi.

2021-06-16

Documentation updates

• dca535c Increase min Zsh version to 5.4, because 5.3 and lower don't support autoload by absolute path. This came up in issue #287.

Features & enhancements

• e40c131 Enable disabling recent dirs. Implements a request in discussion #286.
• d2d7413 Lower the threshold for showing recent dirs
• f21cf7f Prioritize dir stack over named dirs
• 7f44a6d Improve Shift-Tab completion appearance
• 6b16583 Make list prompt more colorful
• a172a33 Move "partial list" message to bottom of list
• 8054df6 Improve the menu select key bindings
• fe7c34a Improve all matches completion
• 62af5bd Limit history words offered for empty word

Bug fixes

• 8aa3f42 Make sure we always pass absolute paths to autoload, because relative paths don't work. Fixes a problem mentioned in issue #282.
• 33e193b Fix regression introduced by 68bae95. Mentioned in issue #187.
• a1ee18e Ensure completion widgets always complete. Fixes part of issue #282.
• b5a7a57 6745ee9 Work around zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting#816 & zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting#224. Fixes issue #288.
• 345bd48 Account for missing histnos with histfindnodups. Fixes issue #280.
• 1658d38 Fix z.sh sort order. Fixes issue #270.
• 112b791 Don't read when KEYS_QUEUED_COUNT or PENDING. Fixes issue #279.
• 828e852 Improve cursor position request logic. Fixes issues #279 & #269.
• e8563df Be smarter about setting terminal keypad mode. Fixes issue #273. Related to the next item.
• 4650999 Prefer not to use terminfo codes, because terminfo codes are meant for full-screen applications, not the command line. Additionally, when a full-screen app exits, it sets the terminal back to normal mode, but not all such exits cause line-init to be called. Thus, when returning from a full-screen-ap, the command line can then unexpectedly be in normal mode instead of app mode, causing certain keyboard shortcuts to fail.
• 70f6aa0 Work around a crashing bug in Zsh. See zsh-workers 48936. Fixes issue #274.
• 356b679 Fix a bug in line-pre-redraw hook. Fixes issue #274.
• fbd093f Fix a bug in the add-space setting.