StringCompletion.complete

Warning g_completion_complete has been deprecated since version 2.26 and should not be used in newly-written code. Rarely used API Attempts to complete the string prefix using the GCompletion target items.

class StringCompletion
complete
(
string prefix
,
out string newPrefix
)

Parameters

prefix string

the prefix string, typically typed by the user, which is compared with each of the items.

newPrefix string

if non-NULL, returns the longest prefix which is common to all items that matched prefix, or NULL if no items matched prefix. This string should be freed when no longer needed.

Return Value

Type: ListG

the list of items whose strings begin with prefix. This should not be changed.

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