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@@ -2008,6 +2008,7 @@ getcmdline() String return the current command-line
getcmdpos() Number return cursor position in command-line
getcmdtype() String return current command-line type
getcmdwintype() String return current command-line window type
+getcompletion({pat}, {type}) List list of cmdline completion matches
getcurpos() List position of the cursor
getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) String get the current working directory
getfontname([{name}]) String name of font being used
@@ -4044,6 +4045,49 @@ getcmdwintype() *getcmdwintype()*
values are the same as |getcmdtype()|. Returns an empty string
when not in the command-line window.
+getcompletion({pat}, {type}) *getcompletion()*
+ Return a list of command-line completion matches. {type}
+ specifies what for. The following completion types are
+ supported:
+
+ augroup autocmd groups
+ buffer buffer names
+ behave :behave suboptions
+ color color schemes
+ command Ex command (and arguments)
+ compiler compilers
+ cscope |:cscope| suboptions
+ dir directory names
+ environment environment variable names
+ event autocommand events
+ expression Vim expression
+ file file and directory names
+ file_in_path file and directory names in |'path'|
+ filetype filetype names |'filetype'|
+ function function name
+ help help subjects
+ highlight highlight groups
+ history :history suboptions
+ locale locale names (as output of locale -a)
+ mapping mapping name
+ menu menus
+ option options
+ shellcmd Shell command
+ sign |:sign| suboptions
+ syntax syntax file names |'syntax'|
+ syntime |:syntime| suboptions
+ tag tags
+ tag_listfiles tags, file names
+ user user names
+ var user variables
+
+ If {pat} is an empty string, then all the matches are returned.
+ Otherwise only items matching {pat} are returned. See
+ |wildcards| for the use of special characters in {pat}.
+
+ If there are no matches, an empty list is returned. An
+ invalid value for {type} produces an error.
+
*getcurpos()*
getcurpos() Get the position of the cursor. This is like getpos('.'), but
includes an extra item in the list: