Add bash autocompletion support for utimer#8
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- Add bash completion script with support for all CLI options - Complete long options (--timer, --countdown, --stopwatch, --clock, etc.) - Complete short options (-t, -c, -s, -k, etc.) - Suggest common time patterns for timer/countdown options - Integrate completion into autotools build system - Add PKG_CHECK_MODULES for bash-completion detection - Install completion script as 'utimer' for proper auto-loading - Support both modern (/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/) and legacy (/etc/bash_completion.d/) installation paths Fixes #5
Document bash completion support added in this PR (#5)
… suggestions - Add --milliseconds/-m to available options list - Improve completion logic to suggest -m after --clock is used - Ensure completion script works with both autocompletion and clock features
- Fixes make check failure in completion directory - Adds compatibility with Makefile.decl test target requirement - All tests still pass (9/9), now CI build completes successfully
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Add bash autocompletion support for utimer
Summary
Implements bash tab-completion for utimer command-line interface, addressing issue #5.
Features Added
--timer,--countdown,--stopwatch,--clock,--verbose,--quiet,--quit-with-success,--limits,--version,--help,--debug)-t,-c,-s,-k,-v,-q,-L,-d,-h)--timerand--countdownoptions, suggests common patterns (1s,5s,10s,30s,1m,2m,5m,10m,30m,1h,2h)/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/) and legacy (/etc/bash_completion.d/) pathsImplementation Details
pkg-configto detect system bash-completion directoryutimer(matching command name) for auto-loadingTesting
Files Changed
configure.ac: Added bash-completion detection via PKG_CHECK_MODULESMakefile.am: Added completion subdirectory to buildcompletion/Makefile.am: Installation logic for completion scriptcompletion/utimer-completion.bash: The bash completion implementationUsage Example
After installation:
Fixes #5