Package: valgrind
Version: 1:3.4.1-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
valgrind has a lot of options. Remember all of them can be difficult.
And type completely all of them is such a pain. Provide a good
completion for the valgrind bash line could be a good improvement.
I include a script with this bug report. This script provides:
- a completion of ~ 70% of the options.
- a completion for the tools. i.e. typing --tool=<TAB> list all the
tools present in /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux
- once a tool is selected, e.g. --tool=cachegrind, options like "--I1=
--D1= --L2= " now appear
- the "yes no" options are completed
- --log-file= is completed by listing the directory
Actually, I think the script covers 70% of the options. It should be
completed, adding the missing options, maybe providing more precise
completion for some options. Furthermore, the packager should specify the
directory in the script where the tools are searched (I think it depends
of the platform) => /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux
However, this script seems to be a good skeleton to implement a good
completion.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'stable'), (700, 'unstable'), (600,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages valgrind depends on:
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Versions of packages valgrind recommends:
ii gdb 6.8-3 The GNU Debugger
Versions of packages valgrind suggests:
pn alleyoop <none> (no description available)
ii kcachegrind 4:4.2.4-1 visualisation tool for the Valgrin
ii libc6-dbg 2.9-12 GNU C Library: detached debugging
-- no debconf information
have valgrind &&
_valgrind()
{
local cur prev opts yesno tools choosen_tool
# list of options with yes|no answer
yesno="--trace-children\= --child-silent-after-fork\= --track-fds\=
--time-stamp\= --log-fd\= --log-socket\="
opts="--tool\= "
opts+="-h --help --help-debug --version -q --quiet -v --verbose
--log-file\= "
COMPREPLY=()
# we check if a tool has been defined
for (( i=0; i < ${#comp_wor...@]}-1; i++ )); do
if [[ ${COMP_WORDS[i]} == "--tool" ]]; then
choosen_tool=${COMP_WORDS[i+2]}
fi
done
# if so, we add its options for the completion
case $choosen_tool in
'callgrind')
opts+="--callgrind-out-file\= --dump-every-bb\= --dump-before\=
--zero-before\= --dump-after\= --toggle-collect\= --separate-recs\=
--separate-callers\= --fn-skip\= --fn-group< --separate-recs<
--separate-callers< "
yesno+="--dump-instr\= --dump-line\= --compress-strings\=
--compress-pos\= --combine-dumps\= --instr-atstart\= --collect-atstart\=
--collect-jumps\= --separate-threads\= --skip-plt\= --simulate-cache\=
--simulate-hwpref\= "
;;
'cachegrind')
opts+="--I1\= --D1\= --L2\= --cachegrind-out-file\= "
yesno+="--cache-sim\= --branch-sim\= "
;;
# as memcheck is the tool by default, we show its options if no tool is
specified
'memcheck')
yesno+="--undef-value-errors\= --track-origins\= --show-reachable\=
--workaround-gcc296-bugs\= --partial-loads-ok\= "
opts+="--leak-check\= --leak-resolution\= --freelist-vol\=
--malloc-fill\= --free-fill\= "
;;
*)
yesno+="--undef-value-errors\= --track-origins\= --show-reachable\=
--workaround-gcc296-bugs\= --partial-loads-ok\= "
opts+="--leak-check\= --leak-resolution\= --freelist-vol\=
--malloc-fill\= --free-fill\= "
;;
esac
opts+="$yesno "
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD - 1]}"
# COMPREPLY considers '=' as a word. For $prev we prefer the word before the
actual "="
if [[ "$prev" == "=" ]]
then
prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD - 2]}"
elif [[ "$cur" == "=" ]]
then
cur=""
fi
# autocompletion for the tool names, e.g. memcheck, callgrind
if [[ "$prev" == "--tool" ]]
then
# the list is automatically built
# it is composed of all the executable file in
# /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux
# TODO: correct the path during the installation, according to the platform
tools=`find /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux -executable -type f -exec
basename {} \; | sed -e 's,\./,,g' | tr '\n' ' '`
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$tools" -- $cur ) )
COMPREPLY+=" "
return 0
fi
if [[ "${yesno}" == *$prev* ]]
then
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "yes no" -- $cur ) )
COMPREPLY+=" "
return 0
fi
case "$prev" in
--log-file)
_filedir
return 0
;;
*)
;;
esac
# Look for options without an argument.
if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]
then
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$opts" -- $cur) )
return 0
else
_filedir
return 0
fi
}
complete -o nospace -F _valgrind valgrind
