Path option behavior

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Hi,

I try to setup Kakoune to complete files in dirname ${kak_buffile}. According to the docs %/ should do it, but does not seem to work for me.

(I usually start Kakoune in $HOME with kak -d -s main and connect to it with kak -c main)

So I have tried to add the folder manually:

hook global BufCreate ^[^*]+$ %{
    evaluate-commands %sh{
        path=$(dirname "$kak_buffile")
        printf %s\\n "set-option -add buffer path ${path}"
    }
}

It does somewhat works, but now using :edit will only complete files in the current directory, no results from $HOME. :frowning:

Btw /usr/include/ completion does not work for me either. I think I have misunderstood the concept, but I can not figure it out.

Thanks,

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Commands defined with -file-completion have the same completions as :edit.

The path option is currently only used for the gf command. I think it could conceivably be extended to be honored for edit -existing, but providing completions based on it would be noisy.

You can use something like define-command -shell-script-candidates %{ find -type f $kak_opt_path }.

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Commands defined with -file-completion have the same completions as
:edit.

The path option is currently only used for the gf command. I think it
could conceivably be extended to be honored for edit -existing, but
providing completions based on it would be noisy.

Well, :doc options says:

directories to search for gf command and filenames completion

So I still think it should do what i have thought it would be.

You can use something like define-command -shell-script-candidates %{ find -type f $kak_opt_path }.

For the record this one works:

define-command -params 1 -shell-script-candidates "find . $(dirname $kak_buffile) -type f" myedit %{
    edit $1
}

OTOH I have realized that as I am running kak in $HOME this completion
does not help me at all, as I still have to type in the whole path to
load a file.

So I either use per project Kakoune to shorten the path or have to type
in the whole thing as it is ambiguous otherwise. Lesson learned.

Thanks for the help anyway!