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+#A script with programmable completion for BASH
+#In order to apply it, put a line "source path/to/this/script" somewhere where it gets executed every time you start bash, e.g. in ~/.profile 
+
+#Features
+#* completion of switches. Just type hyphen and hit TAB twice
+#* completion of constants. If a model name was specified, hit TAB twice when you are specifying a parameter to -const switch
+#* completion for -{pta,scc,sim}method switch parameters
+
+_prismcomplete() {
+	local cur prev MODELFILE PROPFILE curconst preconst CONSTANTS PARS SWITCHES
+	COMPREPLY=()
+	cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+	prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
+
+	#TODO prev empty
+	if [ $prev = -const ]; then
+
+		#get the name of the model
+		MODELFILE=`echo $COMP_LINE | grep -E -o "[^ ]*[.]([psn]m|smg) " | sed "s/ ^//"`
+		#expand tilde
+		MODELFILE=`eval echo $MODELFILE`
+		#check if model has been specified and is valid
+		test -n "$MODELFILE"|| return 0;
+		test -e $MODELFILE || return 0; 
+
+		#get the parts after/before the last comma
+		curconst=`echo $cur | sed "s/.*,\([^,]*\)$/\\1/"`
+		preconst=`echo $cur | sed "s/[^,]*$//" | sed "s/.*[=]//"` 
+
+		#check if we are after = sign, which means that we don't autocomplete
+		(echo $curconst | grep -q "=") && return 1;
+
+		#get a list of constants from the model file
+		CONSTANTS=`grep "^[ \t]*const " $MODELFILE | sed "s/.*const[ ]*\([^=;]*\)[\=;].*/\\1/" | sed "s/[^ ]* \([^ ]*\)[ ]*/\\1=/"`
+
+		COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$CONSTANTS" -- $curconst` )
+		
+		COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/#/$preconst}")
+		return 0;
+	fi;
+
+	#if [ $prev = -property ]; then
+	#
+	#	PROPFILE=`echo $COMP_LINE | grep -o "[^ ]*[.]pctl" | sed "s/ ^//"`
+	#	PROPFILE=`eval echo $PROPFILE`
+	#	test -n "$PROPFILE"|| return 0;
+	#	test -e $PROPFILE || return 0; 
+	#
+	#	#get the number of properties
+	#	NUM=`sed "s/\/\/.*//" $PROPFILE | grep "[a-z]" | wc -l `
+	#	SEQUENCE=`seq 1 $NUM`
+	#
+	#	COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$SEQUENCE" -- $cur` )
+	#	COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }")
+	#	return 0;
+	#fi;
+
+	if [ $prev = -simmethod ]; then
+		PARS="ci aci apmc sprt"
+		COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$PARS" -- $cur` )
+		COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }")
+		return 0;
+	fi;
+
+	if [ $prev = -ptamethod ]; then
+		PARS="games digital"
+		COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$PARS" -- $cur` )
+		COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }")
+		return 0;
+	fi;
+
+	if [ $prev = -sccmethod ]; then
+		PARS="xiebeerel lockstep sccfind"
+		COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$PARS" -- $cur` )
+		COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }")
+		return 0;
+	fi;
+	if [[ $cur == -* ]] ; then
+		SWITCHES="-help -version -pctl -property -const -steadystate -transient -simpath -nobuild -test -testall -importpepa -importtrans -importstates -importlabels -importinitdist -dtmc -ctmc -mdp -exportresults -exporttrans -exportstaterewards -exporttransrewards -exportrewards -exportstates -exportlabels -exportmatlab -exportmrmc -exportrows -exportordered -exportunordered -exporttransdot -exporttransdotstates -exportdot -exportbsccs -exportsteadystate -exporttransient -exportprism -exportprismconst -mtbdd -m -sparse -s -hybrid -h -ptamethod -power -jacobi -gaussseidel -bgaussseidel -pgaussseidel -bpgaussseidel -jor -sor -bsor -psor -bpsor -omega -relative -absolute -epsilon -maxiters -nopre -fair -nofair -fixdl -noprobchecks -zerorewardcheck -nossdetect -sccmethod -symm -aroptions -exportadv -exportadvmdp -verbose -extraddinfo -extrareachinfo -nocompact -sbl -sbmax -gsl -gsmax -cuddmaxmem -cuddepsilon -sim -simmethod -simsamples -simconf -simwidth -simapprox -simmanual -simvar -simmaxrwd -simpathlen"
+		COMPREPLY=( `compgen -W "$SWITCHES" -- $cur` )
+		COMPREPLY=("${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }")
+		return 0;
+	fi;
+	COMPREPLY=( `compgen -A file -- $cur` )
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+complete -o nospace -F _prismcomplete prism
+