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Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 08:17:51 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: bash auto-completion for john
On 05/09/2012 02:42 AM, Frank Dittrich wrote:
> On 05/09/2012 01:15 AM, magnum wrote:
>> BTW I had an idea of just filling in a static usage hint for some
>> options when tabbed. Like for markov mode, if you tab again it could
>> just give a static "--markov[=LEVEL[:opts]]" instead of the current
>> "--markov" below the actual command line. If this is possible?
>
> That won't work, because it is just one possible option.
> Since the completion logic would take over the common part of all
> matching options into the command line, you'd end up with
> --markov[=LEVEL[:opts]] on the command line.
>
> But this works:
> $ ./john --markov
> --markov --markov=LEVEL[:opts]
This is actually better, as --markov by itself is also valid. Though if
you write --markov= and then TAB, I presume it will write all that to
your line. Still, I think this would be a good addition. A similar
approach could be used for -users, -groups, -shells and -salts.
> Unfortunately, I can't (or don't know yet how to) add "(see doc/MARKOV
> for details)" to the tab completion options, because this would be
> interpreted as separate completion options which get dropped because the
> (to be completed) word "--markov" existing on the command line doesn't
> match the other "options".
Perhaps you could do this:
$ ./john --markov
--markov --markov[=LEVEL[:START[:END[:LENGTH]]]]
This is even better than the usage blob, where this is too long to fit.
magnum
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