diff --git a/docs/help/in/completion.in b/docs/help/in/completion.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0570ac30 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/help/in/completion.in @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ + +@SYNTAX:completion@ + +Irssi can "complete" some words for you - you can write just first few letters +of the word and press TAB (or any other key with action word_completion +assigned). Then, irssi will choose the most probable matching word and inserts +it to the command line. You can press TAB repetitively and irssi will replace +the chosen word with another possible words matching to the letters you wrote. + +The words chosen usually depend on their context - they can be filenames or +command names, but most frequently they are nicks of people on same channels as +you are. However, you can have global list of own completions, which apply to +all contexts. This command is dedicated to maintaining of such a list. + +Without any parameters, /COMPLETION displays list of all user completions. + +/COMPLETION [-auto] adds completion which gets triggered when +you press TAB (or any other key with action word_completion assigned) after +writing specified and which expands to . When -auto is +specified, the completion gets triggered even when you press SPACE or ENTER (or +any other key with action check_replaces assigned) after the . If +there's already some completion in the list, it will get replaced. + +/COMPLETION -delete removes completion of from the user +completion list. + +See also: BIND +