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rework `swank:simple-completions`
[swankr.git] / swank.R
diff --git a/swank.R b/swank.R
index 979bd8487ceb2532661c5db39e7228782bc6d4cc..3b1f3d78ad29910f51034574f73470ffe6fdd123 100644 (file)
--- a/swank.R
+++ b/swank.R
@@ -455,20 +455,44 @@ computeRestartsForEmacs <- function (sldbState) {
 }
 
 `swank:simple-completions` <- function(slimeConnection, sldbState, prefix, package) {
+  symbolFieldsCompletion <- function(object, rest) {
+    ## FIXME: this is hacky, ignoring several syntax issues (use of
+    ## and/or necessity for backquoting identifiers: e.g. fields
+    ## containing hyphens)
+    if((dollar <- regexpr("$", rest, fixed=TRUE)) == -1) {
+      matches <- grep(sprintf("^%s", literal2rx(rest)), names(object), value=TRUE)
+      matches <- sprintf("%s$%s", gsub("\\$[^$]*$", "", prefix), matches)
+      returnMatches(matches)
+    } else {
+      if(exists(substr(rest, 1, dollar-1), object)) {
+        symbolFieldsCompletion(get(substr(rest, 1, dollar-1), object), substr(rest, dollar+1, nchar(rest)))
+      } else {
+        returnMatches(character(0))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  returnMatches <- function(matches) {
+    nmatches <- length(matches)
+    if(nmatches == 0) {
+      list(list(), "")
+    } else {
+      longest <- matches[order(nchar(matches))][1]
+      while(length(grep(sprintf("^%s", literal2rx(longest)), matches)) < nmatches) {
+        longest <- substr(longest, 1, nchar(longest)-1)
+      }
+      list(as.list(matches), longest)
+    }
+  }
   literal2rx <- function(string) {
     ## list of ERE metacharacters from ?regexp
     gsub("([.\\|()[{^$*+?])", "\\\\\\1", string)
   }
   matches <- apropos(sprintf("^%s", literal2rx(prefix)), ignore.case=FALSE)
   nmatches <- length(matches)
-  if(nmatches == 0) {
-    list(list(), "")
+  if((nmatches == 0) && ((dollar <- regexpr("$", prefix, fixed=TRUE)) > -1)) {
+    symbolFieldsCompletion(globalenv(), prefix)
   } else {
-    longest <- matches[order(nchar(matches))][1]
-    while(length(grep(sprintf("^%s", literal2rx(longest)), matches)) < nmatches) {
-      longest <- substr(longest, 1, nchar(longest)-1)
-    }
-    list(as.list(matches), longest)
+    returnMatches(matches)
   }
 }