b2_fuzzy_helpers: Fuzzy basf2 help scripts

Basf2 help scripts for easily finding a module or variable description from the command line with an incremental fuzzy search via fzf.

Demo session

Note: In the latest version I renamed the fuzzy helper scripts from b2help-... to b2fuzzy-variables and b2fuzzy-modules to avoid name conflicts with the new built-in basf2 help scripts starting with b2help-.

Install

First, make sure you have basf2 set up. Then, there are two ways how to install the package:

Easiest: Installation from github

You can directly install the package with pip from github via

python3 -m pip install --user "git+https://github.com/meliache/b2_fuzzy_helpers"

Developer install

If you want to install the package locally, you can also clone it and then install it with flit.

git clone https://github.com/meliache/b2_fuzzy_helpers
cd b2_fuzzy_helpers
flit install --user

Optionally add the -s option to install via symbolic links (editable).

If the scripts are still not found after installation, make sure that your ~/.local/bin directory is in the PATH. If not, you can add it by adding the following line to your shell init file (e.g. ~/.bashrc):

export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH

and source the file again or open a new terminal.

Usage

The package installs the scripts

• b2fuzzy-variables
• b2fuzzy-modules

After installing, you can run these commands from terminal, but rememeber to set up basf2 first. You will be presented a list of candidates (modules/variables). Start typing and the list of candidates will be narrowed down with fuzzy matching to candidates containing the substring. You can provide multipe substrings, spaces will be interpreted as logical "and". After typing enter, you will see a description for the current candidate.

See the fzf docs for further information how the fuzzy matching works.

Author

Michael Eliachevitch