use builtin; use str; set edit:completion:arg-completer[my-app] = {|@words| fn spaces {|n| builtin:repeat $n ' ' | str:join '' } fn cand {|text desc| edit:complex-candidate $text &display=$text' '(spaces (- 14 (wcswidth $text)))$desc } var command = 'my-app' for word $words[1..-1] { if (str:has-prefix $word '-') { break } set command = $command';'$word } var completions = [ &'my-app'= { cand -c 'some config file' cand -C 'some config file' cand --config 'some config file' cand --conf 'some config file' cand -h 'Print help information' cand --help 'Print help information' cand -V 'Print version information' cand --version 'Print version information' cand test 'tests things' cand some_cmd 'top level subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;test'= { cand --case 'the case to test' cand -h 'Print help information' cand --help 'Print help information' cand -V 'Print version information' cand --version 'Print version information' } &'my-app;some_cmd'= { cand -h 'Print help information' cand --help 'Print help information' cand -V 'Print version information' cand --version 'Print version information' cand sub_cmd 'sub-subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;some_cmd;sub_cmd'= { cand --config 'the other case to test' cand -h 'Print help information (use `--help` for more detail)' cand --help 'Print help information (use `--help` for more detail)' cand -V 'Print version information' cand --version 'Print version information' } &'my-app;some_cmd;help'= { cand sub_cmd 'sub-subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;some_cmd;help;sub_cmd'= { } &'my-app;some_cmd;help;help'= { } &'my-app;help'= { cand test 'tests things' cand some_cmd 'top level subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;help;test'= { } &'my-app;help;some_cmd'= { cand sub_cmd 'sub-subcommand' } &'my-app;help;some_cmd;sub_cmd'= { } &'my-app;help;help'= { } ] $completions[$command] }