Question: listing matches on tab completion not a design goal? about jump

[gsamokovarov]

We still have autocompletion, what shell are you using? I have seen problems with zsh and oh-my-zsh as they already provide autocompletion for autojump which collides with the j helper.

How did you alias fast_cd to j? If you have done it with jump shell --bind fast_cd, typing:

fast_cd someth<tab>

... should give you autocompletion.

You can see https://github.com/gsamokovarov/jump#but-j-is-not-my-favourite-letter for more details.

[jcassee]

I'm using ZSH, with prezto. When I press TAB, the shell completes the single match that would be used if I would just press . I was hoping for a short ordered list of matches.

About fasd_cd: I meant Fasd, a different Jump-like utility. I am not using fast_cd as an alias for Jump, I used to alias j to fasd_cd.

Jump completes only the best match:

$ j autom<TAB>

↓↓↓

$ j /home/joost/dev/automat

Fasd shows all matches in a completion menu:

$ j autom<TAB>

↓↓↓

$ j autom /home/joost/dev/automat
/home/joost/dev/automat
/home/joost/dev/automat/automat
/home/joost/dev/infra/environments/development/automat
/home/joost/dev/infra/environments/production/automat

I have made sure all of those automat directories are in Jump's scores.json:

$ jq -r '.[].Path' <~/.jump/scores.json
/home/joost/dev/automat/automat
/home/joost/dev/infra/environments/development/automat
/home/joost/dev/infra/environments/production/automat
/home/joost/dev/automat
[...]

[gsamokovarov]

Used to support multiple matches in some shells autocompletion, but unified it to one match for all (f26678f).

We support features like deep matching: j prod/aut will go to /home/joost/dev/infra/environments/production/automat and the tab completion can verify that for you. I'm open to refining the autocompletion, but what do you get from it? More visibility where you'll land?

[jcassee]

Interesting that it existed but was removed.

Indeed, it's a "look before you leap" thing. Like you say, it is possible to be unambiguous, but I don't need to be if I can bring up "the menu". It feels comforting. 🙂

I'm not sure whether I'm just used to my old ways, or whether it would be a useful feature in Jump.

[gsamokovarov]

I'm not using autocompletion, as I use jump to save keystrokes and a hit to the tab is a hit to the tab 😄

I'm about to release a new version of jump this month, and I'm not sure I can squeeze this in, but I can try and revisit the autocompletion afterward. It's something my friends also use, so it's gonna be beneficial for the people that depend on it.

Is the autocompletion stopping you from using jump at the moment? Do you have any other impressions?

[jcassee]

Jump seems to work very well. I like the separate path matching, in combination with (I think?) the preference for shorter matches. The autocomplete is not stopping me from using Jump, let's see how I feel about it in a couple of days. :-)

Thanks!

[gsamokovarov]

Cool, will close this issue for now. Feel free to open other issues, if you have more questions! ✌️