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 -o 'cmd option' cand -O 'cmd option' cand --option 'cmd option' cand --opt 'cmd option' cand -f 'cmd flag' cand -F 'cmd flag' cand --flag 'cmd flag' cand --flg 'cmd flag' cand -h 'Print help information' cand --help 'Print help information' cand -V 'Print version information' cand --version 'Print version information' } ] $completions[$command] }