I am trying to see if I can use argument autocompletion in Windows Powershell for my python script. Powershell allegedly supports argument completion.
Here's a minimal example which does not work:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# PYTHON_ARGCOMPLETE_OK
import argparse
import argcomplete
from argcomplete.completers import EnvironCompleter
def argument_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Minimal app where arcomplete should work")
parser.add_argument("--version", action="store_true", help="print out version").completer = EnvironCompleter
parser.add_argument("--do-this", action="store_true", help="do this").completer = EnvironCompleter
parser.add_argument("--do-that", action="store_true", help="do that").completer = EnvironCompleter
return parser
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argument_parser()
argcomplete.autocomplete(parser)
cli_args = parser.parse_args()
Then in Powershell I try: to type python -i minimal - and then press <TAB>, Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Maybe I should mention that I did not enable global autocompletion. Somehow when I run activate-global-python-argcomplete in powershell, I get an "Open With ..." dialogue.