autocomplete.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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# Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA)
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class AutoComplete(object):  # Custom completer

    def __init__(self, options=[]):
        self.options = sorted(options)

    def complete(self, text, state):
        if state == 0:  # on first trigger, build possible matches
            if text:  # cache matches (entries that start with entered text)
                self.matches = [s for s in self.options
                                if s and s.startswith(text)]
            else:  # no text entered, all matches possible
                self.matches = self.options[:]

        # return match indexed by state
        try:
            return self.matches[state]
        except IndexError:
            return None

    def set_options(self, options):
        self.options = sorted(options)