From 6a36cbcb8259c5257b3f832b9def4414e6d3415b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: m1ngsama <contact@m1ng.space>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 14:21:34 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] input: Tab completes @mentions in INSERT mode (UX-9)
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Typing @al<Tab> in INSERT mode now resolves to @alice and appends a
trailing space so the next word starts cleanly.

Algorithm:
1. walk back from end-of-input until '@' or ' ' is seen
2. '@' counts as a mention start only when at start-of-input or
   preceded by a space (avoids matching e.g. email@host)
3. case-insensitive strncasecmp against current g_room usernames
4. first hit wins; the search ignores the local user when the prefix
   is empty (so a lone "@<Tab>" defaults to the first *other* member,
   matching the typical "ping someone" intent)

If the buffer is too short to hold "@<match> ", the completion is a
no-op rather than silently truncating the match.

Standard chat-client behaviour — much less typing for @mentions.
---
 src/input.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index d564ba6..266c7a5 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <libssh/callbacks.h>
 #include <libssh/libssh.h>
 #include <libssh/server.h>
+#include <strings.h>  /* strncasecmp */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -322,6 +323,53 @@ static bool handle_key(client_t *client, unsigned char key, char *input) {
                     tui_render_input(client, input);
                 }
                 return true;
+            } else if (key == 9) { /* Tab: complete @mention */
+                /* Walk back from end to find the start of the trailing
+                 * "@…" token (an '@' not preceded by an alphanumeric).
+                 * If found, scan g_room for the first case-insensitive
+                 * username prefix-match (cycling past self) and replace
+                 * the token. */
+                size_t in_len = strlen(input);
+                ssize_t at_idx = -1;
+                for (ssize_t i = (ssize_t)in_len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                    unsigned char c = (unsigned char)input[i];
+                    if (c == '@') {
+                        if (i == 0 || input[i - 1] == ' ') at_idx = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    if (c == ' ') break;
+                }
+                if (at_idx >= 0) {
+                    const char *prefix = input + at_idx + 1;
+                    size_t plen = strlen(prefix);
+                    char match[MAX_USERNAME_LEN] = "";
+                    pthread_rwlock_rdlock(&g_room->lock);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < g_room->client_count; i++) {
+                        const char *uname = g_room->clients[i]->username;
+                        if (plen == 0
+                                ? strcmp(uname, client->username) != 0
+                                : strncasecmp(uname, prefix, plen) == 0) {
+                            strncpy(match, uname, sizeof(match) - 1);
+                            match[sizeof(match) - 1] = '\0';
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    pthread_rwlock_unlock(&g_room->lock);
+                    if (match[0] != '\0') {
+                        /* Replace "@<prefix>" with "@<match> " (trailing
+                         * space so the next word starts cleanly). */
+                        size_t avail = MAX_MESSAGE_LEN - 1
+                                       - (size_t)at_idx - 1;
+                        size_t mlen = strlen(match);
+                        if (mlen + 1 <= avail) {
+                            input[at_idx + 1] = '\0';
+                            strncat(input, match, avail);
+                            strncat(input, " ", 1);
+                            tui_render_input(client, input);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                return true;
             }
             break;