feat: Pagination for tab completion

complete.go

@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ type opCompleter struct {
 	candidateOff    int
 	candidateChoise int
 	candidateColNum int
+
+	// State for pagination
+	maxLine int // Maximum allowed columns on a single terminal
+	pageIdx int // Current page
 }
 
 func newOpCompleter(w io.Writer, op *Operation, width int) *opCompleter {
 	return &opCompleter{
-		w:     w,
-		op:    op,
-		width: width,
+		w:       w,
+		op:      op,
+		width:   width,
+		maxLine: 5,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -57,11 +62,48 @@ func (o *opCompleter) doSelect() {
 }
 
 func (o *opCompleter) nextCandidate(i int) {
-	o.candidateChoise += i
-	o.candidateChoise = o.candidateChoise % len(o.candidate)
-	if o.candidateChoise < 0 {
-		o.candidateChoise = len(o.candidate) + o.candidateChoise
+	// Number of elements in a full screen
+	numCandidatePerPage := o.candidateColNum * o.maxLine
+	// Number of elements in the current screen, which could be non-full
+	matrixSize := o.numCandidatesCurPage()
+	pageStart := o.pageIdx * numCandidatePerPage
+
+	candidateChoiceModPage := o.candidateChoise - pageStart
+	candidateChoiceModPage += i
+	candidateChoiceModPage %= matrixSize
+	if candidateChoiceModPage < 0 {
+		candidateChoiceModPage += matrixSize
 	}
+
+	o.candidateChoise = candidateChoiceModPage + pageStart
+}
+
+func (o *opCompleter) nextLine(i int) {
+	// Number of elements in a full screen
+	candidatesCurPage := o.numCandidatesCurPage()
+	numCandidatesFullPage := o.maxLine * o.candidateColNum
+	pageStart := o.pageIdx * numCandidatesFullPage
+
+	// Number of elements in the current screen, which could be non-full
+	numLines := o.getLinesCurPage()
+	rectangleSize := numLines * o.candidateColNum
+
+	candidateChoiceModPage := o.candidateChoise - pageStart
+	candidateChoiceModPage += i * o.candidateColNum
+
+	if candidateChoiceModPage >= candidatesCurPage {
+		if candidateChoiceModPage < rectangleSize {
+			candidateChoiceModPage += o.candidateColNum
+		}
+		candidateChoiceModPage -= rectangleSize
+	} else if candidateChoiceModPage < 0 {
+		candidateChoiceModPage += rectangleSize
+		if candidateChoiceModPage > candidatesCurPage {
+			candidateChoiceModPage -= o.candidateColNum
+		}
+	}
+
+	o.candidateChoise = candidateChoiceModPage + pageStart
 }
 
 func (o *opCompleter) OnComplete() bool {
@@ -143,25 +185,15 @@ func (o *opCompleter) HandleCompleteSelect(r rune) bool {
 		o.ExitCompleteMode(true)
 		next = false
 	case CharNext:
-		tmpChoise := o.candidateChoise + o.candidateColNum
-		if tmpChoise >= o.getMatrixSize() {
-			tmpChoise -= o.getMatrixSize()
-		} else if tmpChoise >= len(o.candidate) {
-			tmpChoise += o.candidateColNum
-			tmpChoise -= o.getMatrixSize()
-		}
-		o.candidateChoise = tmpChoise
+		o.nextLine(1)
 	case CharBackward:
 		o.nextCandidate(-1)
 	case CharPrev:
-		tmpChoise := o.candidateChoise - o.candidateColNum
-		if tmpChoise < 0 {
-			tmpChoise += o.getMatrixSize()
-			if tmpChoise >= len(o.candidate) {
-				tmpChoise -= o.candidateColNum
-			}
-		}
-		o.candidateChoise = tmpChoise
+		o.nextLine(-1)
+	case CharK:
+		o.updatePage(1)
+	case CharJ:
+		o.updatePage(-1)
 	default:
 		next = false
 		o.ExitCompleteSelectMode()
@@ -173,18 +205,50 @@ func (o *opCompleter) HandleCompleteSelect(r rune) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (o *opCompleter) getMatrixSize() int {
-	line := len(o.candidate) / o.candidateColNum
-	if len(o.candidate)%o.candidateColNum != 0 {
-		line++
+// Number of candidate completions we can show on the current page,
+// which might be different from number of candidates on a full page if
+// we are on the last page.
+func (o *opCompleter) numCandidatesCurPage() int {
+	numCandidatePerPage := o.candidateColNum * o.maxLine
+	pageStart := o.pageIdx * numCandidatePerPage
+	if len(o.candidate)-pageStart >= numCandidatePerPage {
+		return numCandidatePerPage
 	}
-	return line * o.candidateColNum
+	return len(o.candidate) - pageStart
+}
+
+// Number of lines on the current page
+func (o *opCompleter) getLinesCurPage() int {
+	curPageSize := o.numCandidatesCurPage()
+	numLines := curPageSize / o.candidateColNum
+	if curPageSize%o.candidateColNum != 0 {
+		numLines += 1
+	}
+	return numLines
 }
 
 func (o *opCompleter) OnWidthChange(newWidth int) {
 	o.width = newWidth
 }
 
+// Move page
+func (o *opCompleter) updatePage(offset int) {
+	if !o.inCompleteMode {
+		return
+	}
+
+	nextPageIdx := o.pageIdx + offset
+	if nextPageIdx < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	nextPageStart := nextPageIdx * o.candidateColNum * o.maxLine
+	if nextPageStart > len(o.candidate) {
+		return
+	}
+	o.pageIdx = nextPageIdx
+	o.candidateChoise = nextPageStart
+}
+
 func (o *opCompleter) CompleteRefresh() {
 	if !o.inCompleteMode {
 		return
@@ -214,7 +278,17 @@ func (o *opCompleter) CompleteRefresh() {
 	colIdx := 0
 	lines := 1
 	buf.WriteString("\033[J")
-	for idx, c := range o.candidate {
+
+	// Compute the candidates to show on the current page
+	numCandidatePerPage := o.candidateColNum * o.maxLine
+	startIdx := o.pageIdx * numCandidatePerPage
+	endIdx := (o.pageIdx + 1) * numCandidatePerPage
+	if endIdx > len(o.candidate) {
+		endIdx = len(o.candidate)
+	}
+
+	for idx := startIdx; idx < endIdx; idx += 1 {
+		c := o.candidate[idx]
 		inSelect := idx == o.candidateChoise && o.IsInCompleteSelectMode()
 		if inSelect {
 			buf.WriteString("\033[30;47m")
@@ -235,6 +309,15 @@ func (o *opCompleter) CompleteRefresh() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Add an extra line for navigation instructions
+	if colIdx != 0 {
+		buf.WriteString("\n")
+		lines++
+	}
+	navigationMsg := "(j: prev page)    (k: next page)"
+	buf.WriteString(navigationMsg)
+	buf.Write(bytes.Repeat([]byte(" "), width-len(navigationMsg)))
+
 	// move back
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\033[%dA\r", lineCnt-1+lines)
 	fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\033[%dC", o.op.buf.idx+o.op.buf.PromptLen())
@@ -268,6 +351,24 @@ func (o *opCompleter) EnterCompleteMode(offset int, candidate [][]rune) {
 	o.inCompleteMode = true
 	o.candidate = candidate
 	o.candidateOff = offset
+
+	// Initialize for complete mode
+	colWidth := 0
+	for _, c := range candidate {
+		w := runes.WidthAll(c)
+		if w > colWidth {
+			colWidth = w
+		}
+	}
+	colWidth += offset + 1
+	width := o.width - 1
+	colNum := width / colWidth
+	if colNum != 0 {
+		colWidth += (width - (colWidth * colNum)) / colNum
+	}
+	o.candidateColNum = colNum
+	o.pageIdx = 0
+
 	o.CompleteRefresh()
 }
 

example/readline-paged-completion/readline-paged-completion.go

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
+)
+
+var letters = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+
+func randSeq(n int) string {
+	b := make([]rune, n)
+	for i := range b {
+		b[i] = letters[rand.Intn(len(letters))]
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}
+
+// A completor that will give a lot of completions for showcasing the paging functionality
+type Completor struct{}
+
+func (c *Completor) Do(line []rune, pos int) ([][]rune, int) {
+	completion := make([][]rune, 0, 10000)
+	for i := range 10000 {
+		s := fmt.Sprintf("%s%020d", randSeq(1), i)
+		completion = append(completion, []rune(s))
+	}
+	return completion, pos
+}
+
+func main() {
+	c := Completor{}
+	l, err := readline.NewEx(&readline.Config{
+		Prompt:          "\033[31m»\033[0m ",
+		AutoComplete:    &c,
+		InterruptPrompt: "^C",
+		EOFPrompt:       "exit",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+	for {
+		line, err := l.Readline()
+		if err == readline.ErrInterrupt {
+			if len(line) == 0 {
+				break
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+		} else if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		switch {
+		default:
+			log.Println("you said:", strconv.Quote(line))
+		}
+	}
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/chzyer/readline
 
-go 1.15
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0

utils.go

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ const (
 	CharO         = 79
 	CharEscapeEx  = 91
 	CharBackspace = 127
+	CharK         = 107
+	CharJ         = 106
 )
 
 const (