completion_mode setting

[ownedbycats]

ID: completion_mode

By default, when completing items, calibre will show you all the candidates that start with the text you have already typed. You can instead have it show all candidates that contain the text you have already typed. To do this, set completion_mode to 'contains'. For example, if you type asi it will match both Asimov and Quasimodo, whereas the default behavior would match only Asimov.

I think would be useful to have one that separates it by the delimiting period that's used in hierarchy (sorry, don't remember words).

Example where tag is "Sci-Fi.Isaac Asimov" if you type isaa it finds it because it's after the period. But not for asi.

Is it feasible?

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

I dont follow, asi is also after the period, so I dont see why it
wouldnt be found?

[ownedbycats (ownedbycats)]

I want to find the first thing after the period.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Sorry still dont follow, you want to type asi and have it match which
tag exactly?

[ownedbycats (ownedbycats)]

The entire tag. So put in "Sci" or "Isaac" and they would match because the first. But "fi" or "asimov" wouldn't match.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Ah you mean in the mode where you arent matching on contents but on
start.

[ownedbycats (ownedbycats)]

Yes. Maybe a new setting.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.