Clink (cmd-clink) In-Depth Reference

Comprehensive reference for clink — the tool that injects GNU Readline into Windows cmd.exe to provide rich completion, history, and line-editing capabilities. Emphasis on the completion system and how external tools hook into it.

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Keywords	Reference
argmatcher, clink.argmatcher(), addarg, addflags, chaincommand, loop, setclassifier, setdelayinit, onarg, onadvance, onlink, onalias, linking parsers, loopchars, nowordbreakchars, hideflags, nofiles, adddescriptions, fromhistory, delayinit, user_data, shared_user_data, shorthand form, flag prefix, end of flags	references/argmatcher.md
generator, clink.generator(), generate, match_builder, addmatch, addmatches, setnosort, setvolatile, setsuppressappend, setappendcharacter, setforcequoting, setfullyqualify, line_state, getline, getword, getwordinfo, getcursor, getcommandoffset, getwordbreakinfo, onfiltermatches, ondisplaymatches, completion pipeline, match generation order, match filtering, match display	references/completion.md
Readline, .inputrc, key binding, editing mode, emacs, vi, bind, completion commands, clink-select-complete, old-menu-complete, menu-complete, popup, clink-show-help, clink-reload, clink-diagnostics, clink-copy-line, Readline variables, clink-specific commands, luafunc, keyseq, escape codes, keymap	references/line-editing.md
cmd.exe, injection, DLL, clink inject, autorun, clink.bat, profile directory, settings, clink set, environment variables, doskey, PROMPT, command separator, redirection, built-in commands, clink_start.cmd, startup order, CLINK_PROFILE, CLINK_NOAUTORUN, console, terminal, ANSI, prompt filter, promptfilter, right-side prompt, transient prompt, promptcoroutine, .clinkprompt, prompt theme	references/cmd-integration.md
classifier, word_classifications, classifyword, applycolor, color.arg, color.flag, color.cmd, color.doskey, color.argmatcher, color.executable, color.unrecognized, color.unexpected, color.cmdsep, color.cmdredir, color.suggestion, color.input, match.coloring_rules, LS_COLORS, color theme, .clinktheme, color settings	references/coloring.md
autosuggest, suggester, clink.suggester(), suggestion list, inline suggestion, F2, autosuggest.strategy, autosuggest.enable, autosuggest.inline, rl_buffer:hassuggestion, rl_buffer:insertsuggestion, match_prev_cmd, history suggestion, completion suggestion	references/suggestions.md
history, clink_history, history.save, history.shared, history.max_lines, history.dupe_mode, history.ignore_space, history.expand_mode, history.auto_expand, history.sticky_search, history.time_stamp, rl.gethistorycount, rl.gethistoryitems, clink.onhistory, history compact, history expansion, event designators, word designators, F7, clink-popup-history	references/history.md
Lua script, script directory, completions directory, lazy loading, clink.path, CLINK_PATH, installscripts, onbeginedit, onendedit, onfilterinput, oncommand, onaftercommand, oninputlinechanged, oninject, onprovideline, clink.reload, require, Lua 5.2, clink.info	references/scripting.md