Cannot source auto completion script for zsh

[jaypikay]

To test the auto completion I have tried to source the output of gen-completions, but get an error message which breaks the initialization.

$ source <(rbw gen-completions zsh)
_arguments:comparguments:327: can only be called from completion function

Not sure if I am using it wrong, or if there is a problem with the generated script.

[ealvar3z]

Did you generate the completion script during compilation? a la this:

cargo run --release --locked --bin rbw -- gen-completions zsh >zsh-completions

[jaypikay]

I have installed it through the Community repository in Arch Linux. The PGKBUILD is doing it the way you described:

  # generate shell auto-completions
  for completion in bash fish zsh; do
    cargo run --frozen --release --bin rbw -- \
      gen-completions "$completion" > "$completion-completions"
  done

[benedikt-bartscher]

See https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/issues/285

[doy]

yeah, the intended way to use this is to put the generated script on your fpath. i'm not sure what just sourcing the output directly would do, but it's not something intended to be supported.