lots of changes to make things actually work
[saartuer.git] / tyshell
diff --git a/tyshell b/tyshell
index 1ffccfeb098230594fcf34c53bf18052826b29a8..6faaba8908542c955d7ba4eb855d306bdd04923e 100755 (executable)
--- a/tyshell
+++ b/tyshell
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ def sendcmd(addr, cmd):
                print("Running %s..." % (cmd))
                s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
                s.connect(addr)
-               s.settimeout(10.0)
+               s.settimeout(60.0)
                s.send(cmd.encode())
-               data = s.recv(4)
+               data = s.recv(256)
                s.close()
                print(data.decode('utf-8'))
        return run
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ commands = {
        'buzz': sendcmd(tuerSock, 'buzz'),
 }
 
+def complete_command(cmd):
+       '''returns a list of commands (as strings) starting with cmd'''
+       return list(filter(lambda x: x.startswith(cmd), commands.keys()))
+readline.set_completer(lambda cmd, num: (complete_command(cmd)+[None])[num]) # wrap complete_command for readline's weird completer API
+readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") # run completion on tab
+
 # input loop
 print("Welcome to tyshell. Use help to see what you can do.")
 while True:
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ while True:
        if command[0] in commands: # needed in case a complete command is a prefix of another one
                cmdoptions = [command[0]]
        else:
-               cmdoptions = list(filter(lambda x: command[0].startswith(x), commands.keys()))
+               cmdoptions = complete_command(command[0])
        # check how many we found
        if len(cmdoptions) == 0: # no commands fit prefix
                print("Command %s not found. Use help." % command[0])