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 'c' cand -v 'v' cand -h 'Print help' cand --help 'Print help' cand test 'Subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;test'= { cand -d 'd' cand -c 'c' cand -h 'Print help' cand --help 'Print help' } &'my-app;help'= { cand test 'Subcommand' cand help 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)' } &'my-app;help;test'= { } &'my-app;help;help'= { } ] $completions[$command] }