from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import print_function
## SOURCE = https://gist.github.com/iamatypeofwalrus/5637895

import os
import sys
import readline
import glob
from six.moves import input

class tabCompleter(object):
    """
    A tab completer that can either complete from
    the filesystem or from a list.

    Partially taken from:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5637124/tab-completion-in-pythons-raw-input
    """

    def pathCompleter(self, text, state):
        """
        This is the tab completer for systems paths.
        Only tested on *nix systems
        """
        line = readline.get_line_buffer().split()

        # replace ~ with the user's home dir. See https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html
        if '~' in text:
            text = os.path.expanduser('~')

        # autocomplete directories with having a trailing slash
        if os.path.isdir(text):
            text += '/'

        return [x for x in glob.glob(text + '*')][state]


    def createListCompleter(self,ll):
        """
        This is a closure that creates a method that autocompletes from
        the given list.

        Since the autocomplete function can't be given a list to complete from
        a closure is used to create the listCompleter function with a list to complete
        from.
        """
        def listCompleter(text,state):
            line   = readline.get_line_buffer()

            if not line:
                return [c + " " for c in ll][state]

            else:
                return [c + " " for c in ll if c.startswith(line)][state]

        self.listCompleter = listCompleter

if __name__=="__main__":
    t = tabCompleter()
    t.createListCompleter(["ab","aa","bcd","bdf"])

    readline.set_completer_delims('\t')
    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

    readline.set_completer(t.listCompleter)

    ans = input("Complete from list ")
    print(ans)

    readline.set_completer(t.pathCompleter)
    ans = input("What file do you want? ")
    print(ans)