mpc-completion doesn't work properly if a user defines `$MPC_FORMAT`

[unera]

manpage: MPC_FORMAT Configure the format used to display songs. See option --format.

for example, I want to see the filename when I do mpc status (or mpc) in a console, so I define in my zshrc the following line:

export MPC_FORMAT='%artist% - %title% ( "%file%" )'

Since then, I have found that completions for mpc add etc are thoroughly broken.

[MaxKellermann]

The completion code has been written by many drive-by contributors, but there is no maintainer. If you want this fixed, submit a PR.

[MaxKellermann]

Half a year later, nobody was interested in fixing this bug. If this issue continues to exist, the completion scripts will be deleted.

[izmyname]

Alternative solution might be removing MPC_FORMAT variable and implementing a config file, where default format output for commands like 'mpc playlist' could be specified.

[izmyname]

UPD: There's a hacky solution - add alias mpc ="mpc -f %position%... etc" in .zshrc. It applies formatting to all mpc commands but does not break completions.

[MaxKellermann]

That's not a hacky solution - it's a solution. If you expect mpc to print a certain format, specify it explicitly instead of assuming that mpc uses its defaults. Do you want to submit a PR?

[izmyname]

I don't know what exactly I should submit since I didn't change anything in mpc. What I did is:

unset MPC_FORMAT

~/.zshrc

#Use this instead setting $MPC_FORMAT becsuse the latter breaks completions
alias mpc="mpc -f '%position%. %Artist% %performer% - %title% (%Album% %date%)'"

source .zshrc

done

[MaxKellermann]

Oh, that you mean. I thought you had added -f to the bash completion script. Because that would be the solution.

[izmyname]

Unfortunately, the problem still persists for me with ZSH. Compinit is still broken. Falling back to using alias.