Feature changed by: Kornél Jahn (cornail) Feature #307465, revision 5 Title: Enable zypper to auto-complete package names openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Description: I think it would be handy if zypper could auto-complete package names as the shell can do for commands, i.e. if there is more than one possible match, show a list, if not auto-complete. + Discussion: + #1: Kornél Jahn (cornail) (2010-08-20 22:12:23) + This seems to be the only feature that makes APT more convenient to use + for a power user (considering everyday usage). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307465

Feature changed by: Rémy Marquis (Spyhawk) Feature #307465, revision 7 Title: Enable zypper to auto-complete package names - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Rémy Marquis (spyhawk) + reject reason: 11.3 is out, moving to 11.4 Priority Requester: Important + openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Description: I think it would be handy if zypper could auto-complete package names as the shell can do for commands, i.e. if there is more than one possible match, show a list, if not auto-complete. Discussion: #1: Kornél Jahn (cornail) (2010-08-20 22:12:23) This seems to be the only feature that makes APT more convenient to use for a power user (considering everyday usage). #2: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-08-23 13:43:46) The problems with autocomplete is that it is usually slow. osc suffers from the same problem (i.e. 'osc add tarb<TAB>' wants to contact server, despite that being of no use.) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307465

Feature changed by: Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur (mihneadb) Feature #307465, revision 9 Title: Enable zypper to auto-complete package names openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Rémy Marquis (spyhawk) reject reason: 11.3 is out, moving to 11.4 Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be handy if zypper could auto-complete package names as the shell can do for commands, i.e. if there is more than one possible match, show a list, if not auto-complete. Discussion: #1: Kornél Jahn (cornail) (2010-08-20 22:12:23) This seems to be the only feature that makes APT more convenient to use for a power user (considering everyday usage). #2: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-08-23 13:43:46) The problems with autocomplete is that it is usually slow. osc suffers from the same problem (i.e. 'osc add tarb<TAB>' wants to contact server, despite that being of no use.) #3: Kornel Jahn (kornel_jahn) (2011-02-13 10:25:32) (reply to #2) I don't think so. It is neither slow in Debian nor in Ubuntu. I have been using them for a long time. In fact it is pretty convenient to use. I have never used osc but for me, that seems to be a bad design of the software. I stress again, if Debian-like distros can make it function fast with ten thousands of packages, then if implemented properly, it should not be slow. + #4: Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur (mihneadb) (2011-03-19 23:05:17) + Ubuntu/Debian uses a bash script in bash_completion.d to handle this. + You need to be able to generate a list of packages, similar to dpkg -l. + After that, it's just search & match. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307465

Feature changed by: Karl Cheng (qantas94heavy) Feature #307465, revision 18 Title: Enable zypper to auto-complete package names - openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Rémy Marquis (spyhawk) - reject reason: 11.3 is out, moving to 11.4 + openSUSE Distribution: Done Priority - Requester: Important - openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed - Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I think it would be handy if zypper could auto-complete package names as the shell can do for commands, i.e. if there is more than one possible match, show a list, if not auto-complete. Discussion: #1: Kornél Jahn (cornail) (2010-08-20 22:12:23) This seems to be the only feature that makes APT more convenient to use for a power user (considering everyday usage). #2: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2010-08-23 13:43:46) The problems with autocomplete is that it is usually slow. osc suffers from the same problem (i.e. 'osc add tarb<TAB>' wants to contact server, despite that being of no use.) #3: Kornel Jahn (kornel_jahn) (2011-02-13 10:25:32) (reply to #2) I don't think so. It is neither slow in Debian nor in Ubuntu. I have been using them for a long time. In fact it is pretty convenient to use. I have never used osc but for me, that seems to be a bad design of the software. I stress again, if Debian-like distros can make it function fast with ten thousands of packages, then if implemented properly, it should not be slow. #4: Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur (mihneadb) (2011-03-19 23:05:17) Ubuntu/Debian uses a bash script in bash_completion.d to handle this. You need to be able to generate a list of packages, similar to dpkg -l. After that, it's just search & match. #5: Serg openSUSE-user (opensuse_user1) (2012-08-18 17:25:15) How about to add this feature in 12.2 for only "remove" or "update" for now (like rpm and it is not slow) ? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307465