eshell: expand dots

* eshell-conf.el (durand-eshell-expand-dots): Replace multiple dots by
correct syntax.

(eshell-expand-input-functions): Add to this variable so that Eshell
automatically expands dots.

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/eshell-conf.el b/eshell-conf.el
index ebadfda..f4c8a23 100644
--- a/eshell-conf.el
+++ b/eshell-conf.el
@@ -451,6 +451,39 @@ other value means 1."
 (add-to-list 'eshell-expand-input-functions
              #'eshell-expand-history-references)
 
+;;; Expand multiple dots
+
+(defun durand-eshell-expand-dots (beg end)
+  "Expand multiple dots in BEG and END.
+For example, \"...\" expands into \"../..\"."
+  (save-excursion
+    (save-match-data
+      (let ((str (buffer-substring beg end))
+            (start 0))
+        (while (string-match (rx ".." (1+ ".")) str start)
+          (let* ((matched (match-string 0 str))
+                 (len (length matched)))
+            (setq
+             str
+             (replace-match
+              (let ((result "..")
+                    (index 2))
+                (while (< index len)
+                  (setq index (1+ index))
+                  (setq
+                   result
+                   (concat result "/..")))
+                result)
+              nil nil str))
+            (setq start (+ (match-end 0)
+                           (lsh (- len 2) 1)))))
+        (goto-char beg)
+        (delete-region beg end)
+        (insert str)))))
+
+(add-to-list 'eshell-expand-input-functions
+             #'durand-eshell-expand-dots)
+
 ;;; Visual commands
 
 (add-to-list 'eshell-visual-commands