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Bug#981301: elvish: please document where you want tab completion directives installed

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Hi Shengjing Zhu--

On Thu 2023-02-23 20:12:52 +0800, Shengjing Zhu wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:18 AM Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
>> On Fri 2021-01-29 12:47:53 +0800, Shengjing Zhu wrote:
>>
>> > It doesn't support global completion files yet. Author just says he will
>> > consider this after 0.15.
>>
>> Hi there!  elvish is now several versions past 0.15.  any ideas where to
>> put tab completion files so that elvish can pick them up automatically?
>>
>
> There is indeed something new landed in recent versions.
>
> https://elv.sh/ref/command.html#module-search-directories
> It now supports searching global modules in /usr/share/elvish/lib.
> However as the directory name shows, it's not meant for autocompletion scripts.
>
> After discussion  with upstream, I think it's better to keep the
> status quo. We can see if a more sensible place that upstream will use
> in next debian release cycle.

It's now been four years(!) since i first asked this question -- has
there been any progress in figuring out where/how to ship elvish tab
completion directives so that they'll be automatically usable by anyone
using elvish on Debian?

      --dkg

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