Tab completion

Version 4.0 and later Texdoc can provide a shell completion function via the --print-completion action. Please refer to the appropriate section of the Texdoc manual for more information on this feature. This page describes only outdated information.

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If you want to use simple tab completion like:

$ texdoc bx[Tab]
bxbase  bxcjkjatype   bxdvidriver  bxenclose   bxjaprnind  bxnewfont   bxpapersize  bxtexlogo
bxcalc  bxdpx-beamer  bxeepic      bxjalipsum  bxjscls     bxorigcapt  bxpdfver

try to write the following line to your .bashrc or .zshrc:

• for bash

complete -W "$(awk '/^name[^.]*$/ {print $2}' $(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFROOT)/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb)" texdoc

• for zsh

A complete function written by a Texdoc author is available from gist.

A simpler version is here:

compctl -k "(($(awk '/^name[^.]*$/ {print $2}' $(kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFROOT)/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb)))" texdoc

Sources:

• first bash version
• first zsh version
• suggestion for improvement using awk