complete_reply has cursor_start and cursor_end, not matched_text

IPython/html/static/base/js/utils.js

@@ -437,7 +437,7 b' IPython.utils = (function (IPython) {'
         return decodeURIComponent($('body').data(key));
     };
     
-    var absolute_cursor_pos = function (cm, cursor) {
+    var to_absolute_cursor_pos = function (cm, cursor) {
         // get the absolute cursor position from CodeMirror's col, ch
         if (!cursor) {
             cursor = cm.getCursor();
@@ -449,6 +449,27 b' IPython.utils = (function (IPython) {'
         return cursor_pos;
     };
     
+    var from_absolute_cursor_pos = function (cm, cursor_pos) {
+        // turn absolute cursor postion into CodeMirror col, ch cursor
+        var i, line;
+        var offset = 0;
+        for (i = 0, line=cm.getLine(i); line !== undefined; i++, line=cm.getLine(i)) {
+            if (offset + line.length < cursor_pos) {
+                offset += line.length + 1;
+            } else {
+                return {
+                    line : i,
+                    ch : cursor_pos - offset,
+                };
+            }
+        }
+        // reached end, return endpoint
+        return {
+            ch : line.length - 1,
+            line : i - 1,
+        };
+    };
+    
     // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2400935/browser-detection-in-javascript
     var browser = (function() {
         if (typeof navigator === 'undefined') {
@@ -457,7 +478,7 b' IPython.utils = (function (IPython) {'
         }
         var N= navigator.appName, ua= navigator.userAgent, tem;
         var M= ua.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie)\/?\s*(\.?\d+(\.\d+)*)/i);
-        if (M && (tem= ua.match(/version\/([\.\d]+)/i))!= null) M[2]= tem[1];
+        if (M && (tem= ua.match(/version\/([\.\d]+)/i)) !== null) M[2]= tem[1];
         M= M? [M[1], M[2]]: [N, navigator.appVersion,'-?'];
         return M;
     })();
@@ -523,7 +544,8 b' IPython.utils = (function (IPython) {'
         splitext : splitext,
         escape_html : escape_html,
         always_new : always_new,
-        absolute_cursor_pos : absolute_cursor_pos,
+        to_absolute_cursor_pos : to_absolute_cursor_pos,
+        from_absolute_cursor_pos : from_absolute_cursor_pos,
         browser : browser,
         platform: platform,
         is_or_has : is_or_has,

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/completer.js

@@ -11,15 +11,16 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
 
     // easier key mapping
     var keycodes = IPython.keyboard.keycodes;
+    var utils = IPython.utils;
 
-    function prepend_n_prc(str, n) {
+    var prepend_n_prc = function(str, n) {
         for( var i =0 ; i< n ; i++){
             str = '%'+str ;
         }
         return str;
     };
 
-    function _existing_completion(item, completion_array){
+    var _existing_completion = function(item, completion_array){
         for( var i=0; i < completion_array.length; i++) {
             if (completion_array[i].trim().substr(-item.length) == item) {
                 return true;
@@ -147,13 +148,14 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
 
         // one kernel completion came back, finish_completing will be called with the results
         // we fork here and directly call finish completing if kernel is busy
+        var cursor_pos = utils.to_absolute_cursor_pos(this.editor, cur);
         if (this.skip_kernel_completion) {
-            this.finish_completing({
+            this.finish_completing({ content: {
                 matches: [],
-                matched_text: ""
-            });
+                cursor_start: cursor_pos,
+                cursor_end: cursor_pos,
+            }});
         } else {
-            var cursor_pos = IPython.utils.absolute_cursor_pos(this.editor, cur);
             this.cell.kernel.complete(this.editor.getValue(), cursor_pos,
                 $.proxy(this.finish_completing, this)
             );
@@ -164,7 +166,8 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         // let's build a function that wrap all that stuff into what is needed
         // for the new completer:
         var content = msg.content;
-        var matched_text = content.matched_text;
+        var start = content.cursor_start;
+        var end = content.cursor_end;
         var matches = content.matches;
 
         var cur = this.editor.getCursor();
@@ -172,7 +175,8 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         var filtered_results = [];
         //remove results from context completion
         //that are already in kernel completion
-        for (var i=0; i < results.length; i++) {
+        var i;
+        for (i=0; i < results.length; i++) {
             if (!_existing_completion(results[i].str, matches)) {
                 filtered_results.push(results[i]);
             }
@@ -181,18 +185,12 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         // append the introspection result, in order, at at the beginning of
         // the table and compute the replacement range from current cursor
         // positon and matched_text length.
-        for (var i = matches.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+        for (i = matches.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
             filtered_results.unshift({
                 str: matches[i],
                 type: "introspection",
-                from: {
-                    line: cur.line,
-                    ch: cur.ch - matched_text.length
-                },
-                to: {
-                    line: cur.line,
-                    ch: cur.ch
-                }
+                from: utils.from_absolute_cursor_pos(this.editor, start),
+                to: utils.from_absolute_cursor_pos(this.editor, end)
             });
         }
 
@@ -256,8 +254,9 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
 
         // After everything is on the page, compute the postion.
         // We put it above the code if it is too close to the bottom of the page.
-        cur.ch = cur.ch-matched_text.length;
-        var pos = this.editor.cursorCoords(cur);
+        var pos = this.editor.cursorCoords(
+            utils.from_absolute_cursor_pos(this.editor, start)
+        );
         var left = pos.left-3;
         var top;
         var cheight = this.complete.height();

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/tooltip.js

@@ -229,7 +229,7 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         this.cancel_pending();
         var editor = cell.code_mirror;
         var cursor = editor.getCursor();
-        var cursor_pos = IPython.utils.absolute_cursor_pos(editor, cursor);
+        var cursor_pos = utils.to_absolute_cursor_pos(editor, cursor);
         var text = cell.get_text();
 
         this._hide_if_no_docstring = hide_if_no_docstring;

IPython/kernel/tests/test_message_spec.py

@@ -138,6 +138,9 b' class Status(Reference):'
 
 class CompleteReply(Reference):
     matches = List(Unicode)
+    cursor_start = Integer()
+    cursor_end = Integer()
+    status = Unicode()
 
 
 class KernelInfoReply(Reference):

IPython/kernel/zmq/ipkernel.py

@@ -496,7 +496,9 b' class Kernel(Configurable):'
         
         txt, matches = self.shell.complete('', code, cursor_pos)
         matches = {'matches' : matches,
-                   'matched_text' : txt,
+                   'cursor_end' : cursor_pos,
+                   'cursor_start' : cursor_pos - len(txt),
+                   'metadata' : {},
                    'status' : 'ok'}
         matches = json_clean(matches)
         completion_msg = self.session.send(stream, 'complete_reply',

IPython/qt/console/ipython_widget.py

@@ -146,22 +146,12 b' class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):'
         info = self._request_info.get('complete')
         if info and info.id == rep['parent_header']['msg_id'] and \
                 info.pos == cursor.position():
-            matches = rep['content']['matches']
-            text = rep['content']['matched_text']
-            offset = len(text)
-
-            # Clean up matches with period and path separators if the matched
-            # text has not been transformed. This is done by truncating all
-            # but the last component and then suitably decreasing the offset
-            # between the current cursor position and the start of completion.
-            if len(matches) > 1 and matches[0][:offset] == text:
-                parts = re.split(r'[./\\]', text)
-                sep_count = len(parts) - 1
-                if sep_count:
-                    chop_length = sum(map(len, parts[:sep_count])) + sep_count
-                    matches = [ match[chop_length:] for match in matches ]
-                    offset -= chop_length
-
+            content = rep['content']
+            matches = content['matches']
+            start = content['cursor_start']
+            end = content['cursor_end']
+            
+            offset = end - start
             # Move the cursor to the start of the match and complete.
             cursor.movePosition(QtGui.QTextCursor.Left, n=offset)
             self._complete_with_items(cursor, matches)