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Handle some annoyances in fish external completer #1955

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Escape singlequotes in fish_completer
scarlet-storm Jun 26, 2025
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fish_completer: expand path before returning completions
scarlet-storm Jun 26, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ This completer will use [the fish shell](https://fishshell.com/) to handle compl

```nu
let fish_completer = {|spans|
fish --command $"complete '--do-complete=($spans | str join ' ')'"
fish --command $"complete '--do-complete=($spans | str replace "'" "\\'" | str join ' ')'"
| from tsv --flexible --noheaders --no-infer
| rename value description
| update value {
if ($in | path exists) {$'"($in | str replace "\"" "\\\"" )"'} else {$in}
if ($in | path exists) {$'"($in | path expand --no-symlink | str replace --all "\"" "\\\"" )"'} else {$in}
}
}
```
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