carapace-sh Hilbish Shell In-Depth Reference
Comprehensive reference for hilbish shell internals, with emphasis on the completion system and how external tools hook into it.
Sub-Resources
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| Keywords | Reference |
|---|---|
| hilbish.completions, hilbish.completion.handler, completion group, grid, list, TabCompleter, CompletionGroup, hcmpAdd, hcmpBins, hcmpFiles, hcmpDirs, hcmpCall, hcmpHandler, binaryComplete, fileComplete, dirComplete, matchPath, escapeFilename, charEscapeMap, splitForFile, luaCompletions, scope, command., query, ctx, fields, prefix, items, descriptions, displays, aliases, Suggestions, TrimSlash, NoSpace, TabDisplayGrid, TabDisplayList, carapace hilbish integration, overriding completion handler, sudo completion, cd completion | references/completion.md |
| readline, maxlandon/readline, lineReader, rl.go, TabCompleter, HintText, SyntaxHighlighter, ViModeCallback, ViActionCallback, Searcher, fuzzy search, hilbish.editor, readline.new, deleteByAmount, getLine, getVimRegister, insert, log, read, getChar, setVimRegister, emacs mode, vim mode, multiline prompt, SetPrompt, SetRightPrompt, RefreshPromptInPlace, fileHistory, Ctrl-R history search | references/line-editing.md |
| Lua, GopherLua, golua, runner mode, hybrid, hybridRev, sh, lua, hilbish.runner, hilbish.runnerMode, hilbish.run, commander, commander.register, Sink, bait, bait.catch, bait.catchOnce, bait.hooks, bait.release, bait.throw, lunacolors, lunacolors.format, hilbish.alias, hilbish.appendPath, hilbish.which, hilbish.goro, hilbish.interval, hilbish.timeout, hilbish.read, hilbish.exec, hilbish.cwd, hilbish.highlighter, hilbish.hinter, hilbish.prompt, hilbish.multiprompt, hilbish.inputMode, event-driven, hooks, signals, yarn, multi-threading | references/language.md |
| execution, job control, job handler, job struct, job.start, job.done, job.add, jobs.all, jobs.get, jobs.disown, jobs.last, foreground, background, stop, start, wait, disown, SIGHUP, exitCode, cmd, running, pid, stdout, stderr, runInput, handleLua, splitInput, finishExec, continuePrompt, command.preexec, command.exit, command.not-found, command.not-executable, processors, aliases.resolve | references/execution.md |
| init.lua, XDG, hilbish.userDir, hilbish.dataDir, .hilbishrc.lua, startup, nature/, nature/init.lua, nature/completions/, nature/commands/, nature/processors/, nature/editor.lua, nature/hilbish.lua, nature/vim.lua, nature/runner.lua, hilbish.opts, autocd, history, greeting, motd, fuzzy, notifyJobFinish, processorSkipList, SHLVL, package.path, module.load, start/, prompt verbs, %d, %u, %h, fmtPrompt, configuration, sample config | references/startup-config.md |
Quick Guide
- How does hilbish's completion system work? → references/completion.md
- How does the readline integration handle tab completion? → references/line-editing.md
- What is the Lua API and runner mode system? → references/language.md
- How does hilbish handle job control and signals? → references/execution.md
- Which startup files does hilbish read? → references/startup-config.md
- How do I override the completion handler? → references/completion.md
- How do I register a command completer? → references/completion.md
- What are completion groups (grid vs list)? → references/completion.md
- How do I enable vim mode? → references/line-editing.md
- How do I customize the prompt? → references/startup-config.md
- What is the bait event system? → references/language.md
- How does runner mode work? → references/language.md
- How does carapace integrate with hilbish? → references/completion.md
Cross-Project References
For carapace-specific hilbish integration (snippet, value formatting), see the carapace-dev skill → references/shell.md.