Readonly reference checkout of the community Tcl 9 port of classic
Expect (alpha, Linux-tested, unix-pty only - no ConPTY/windows
backend). Full assessment in the G-061 notes: reference for expect
primitive semantics, candidate unix-backend tool at arm's length,
pty-allocation reference. G-020/G-044 get pointers, plus stale
"candidate goal drafted" phrasing updated to name G-061.
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Acceptance reviewed clause-by-clause in the detail file: auto-selection
on a unique clean match (forms.test GAPs flipped), candidate-naming
noformmatch/multipleformmatches errors, -form list restriction across
get_dict/parse/parse_status/arg_error, doc surface presenting the
best-matching form(s) ('i after cancel <id>' presents the cancel form;
's after cancel someid' underlines the matching synopsis lines),
explicit single -form unchanged, full punk::args/punk::ns suites pass
(full tree 822/836 with only the exec-14.3 baseline failure).
Flip edits: index entry to GOALS-archive.md (achieved 2026-07-13),
detail Status flipped with acceptance review and live-verification
record, reference sweep updates G-044 (candidacy API now available -
parse_status formstatus), G-055 backlink, G-072 backlink. Detail-file
move to goals/archive/ follows as a pure rename; goals_lint transiently
unclean between the two commits.
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Finalises the G-062 achieved flip staged by the prior session (punkshell
0.12.1): LICENSE.txt (BSD-2-Clause, Julian Marcel Noble 2023-2026) at the
repo root, README/punkproject.toml/AGENTS.md license declarations, index
record to GOALS-archive.md and detail file to goals/archive/.
Archive-loss prevention, from the G-015 incident (its achieved-status
verification parenthetical was silently dropped by the 2026-07-11 two-tier
restructure's Status-line normalisation; the text is restored to the G-015
archive file's Notes with provenance):
- root AGENTS.md 'Doc Restructures': deleted-line conservation check before
committing bulk doc migrations, structured-field-normalisation hazard
(relocate prose to body sections first), moves separated from edits
- goals/AGENTS.md: lintable header field grammar (one line per field, bare
Status values), flip-time verification evidence recorded in the body, the
archive move content-identical, and a new archive-time reference sweep:
pending-tense mentions of the archived goal updated in the live tier, and
actionable archived notes pointed to from the affected live goal's Notes
- GOALS.md maintenance rules: achieved-flip clause extended to require the
evidence write-up and the reference sweep
Retroactive reference sweep over all 12 archived goals (25 live detail
files): pending-tense fixes (G-002 G-008 G-013 G-016 G-017 G-021 G-022
G-031 G-042 G-044 G-050 - G-017's Goal/Acceptance annotated as
gate-satisfied, contract meaning unchanged), forward pointers pushed from
archived notes (G-062 license-seeding follow-on -> G-012/G-027, G-037
vendorlib/vfs drift semantics -> G-024, G-058 static-baseline mechanism ->
G-005), and one 'Archived-goal references' Notes bullet per remaining
referencing file so every live mention of an archived goal is resolvable
without consulting the archive index.
scriptlib/developer/goals_lint.tcl (new, plain tclsh): validates detail-file
header grammar, strict status values in both tiers, orphan rules in both
directions, Status/Scope mirror consistency, plus an informational (never
fatal) warning for live files referencing an archived goal with no
achieved/archive marker - baseline now zero warnings. Root AGENTS.md
scriptlib/developer ownership note widened to cover developer utilities.
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- GOALS.md collapsed to summary entries (ID/status/title/Scope/detail pointer): 104.6KB -> 23KB so a full read stays cheap; Scope lines kept verbatim so path-grep goal discovery still works
- canonicality split: index canonical for ID/status/title/Scope, detail file canonical for Goal:/Acceptance:; all 61 detail-file headers reconciled from the index (fixes stale copies, e.g. G-036 detail acceptance predated the achieved rework), bodies preserved untouched
- detail files created for the three index-only goals G-017, G-034, G-054; every goal now has one
- 10 achieved goals (G-007 G-015 G-036 G-037 G-040 G-046 G-049 G-054 G-058 G-059) archived: summary records appended to GOALS-archive.md, detail files moved to goals/archive/; archive-on-flip replaces the ~30-achieved-entries trigger
- GOALS.md preamble/rules reworked: read workflow (read index in full, then detail files of scope-intersecting goals before editing), contract spans both tiers with proposal-first unchanged, next-free-ID counts the archive, achieved flip judged against the detail-file Acceptance and includes archiving
- progress convention codified from G-001 increment-1 practice: index entries carry status only, never progress; incremental progress lives in the detail file's ## Progress section (landed/remaining); achieved flip requires the remaining-work list resolved - a partial increment never flips a goal
- goals/AGENTS.md rewritten for the split (required 4-field header, one detail file per goal, orphan rules covering archive/); root AGENTS.md Child DOX Index + Repo-wide Notes updated; GOALS-archive.md preamble updated
- stale detail-file paths updated to goals/archive/ in src/lib/app-punkscript/punkscript.tcl (comment), runtimebash_wsl.test, wslprobe.tcl and the G-042 detail file; propagated copies (root lib/, src/vfs/_vfscommon.vfs, src/_build) left to refresh via normal build steps
- no project version bump: governance docs and source comments only, no user-visible shell behaviour
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- new commandcomplete.test (6 tests, green 9.0.3 + 8.7): punk::lib::system::incomplete pure-function characterization - the info-complete quoting quirk (a quoted word with unbalanced braces e.g set x "{*}{" is complete standalone but needs extra closers inside a proc body; the pending-opener stack { " { " shrinks per typed closer), single openers, tabs in open braces, escapes, and an incomplete<->info-complete parity property over a case battery
- goals/G-044 detail: the user-specified preserve-list any repl refactor must honour (info-complete parity + quirk, closing-prompt hints incl the accepted single-candidate limitation pinned-not-fixed, raw-mode colour staging in-progress vs submitted, literal tab acceptance with raw-mode marker edit smarts, dim space dots display-only never leaking into submitted strings/history, up/down navigation of MULTILINE editbuf history with recalled entries editable) + testability findings: class_editbuf is console-coupled at its core (add_chunk renders via overtype::renderline against live terminal metrics - cursor-position size probing, DECRQPSR tabstops) so items 3-6 are not unit-characterizable until a console seam exists - G-001 (pluggable console backends / ::opunk::Console test double) is the enabling refactor, not just a feature goal
- goals/G-020 detail: repl interactive-behaviour verification recorded as a driving use case (near-term windows harness: keystroke injection + capture) pending the durable pseudoconsole expect-alternative
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User-approved goal for interactive command completion and hinting in the repl
(raw mode primary), driven by the punk::args documentation corpus:
- command-word resolution via the same doc-lookup flow as 'i' (ensembles,
subcommands, ensemble parameters - characterized in cmdflow.test), argument
position via the definitions (options, choices with parse-consistent
prefix/deny/reserve matching, literals, multi-form awareness per G-041)
- activation preserves the editbuf's literal-tab support (tab is content in
this shell - completion cannot exclusively claim plain Tab; trigger scheme
decided and recorded at implementation)
- per-subshell completion-provider seam: the punk::args completer is the
default provider; a subshell can declare an alternative or none - minimum
bar is a clean disable for language subshells such as an interactive xtal
session (full xtal completion out of scope, not precluded)
- introspection must not execute candidate commands (arginfo principle);
no per-keystroke terminal queries added when idle (G-013 approach note)
Detail-file weaves from the same direction:
- G-041: form candidacy should be exposed as an API accepting PARTIAL argument
lists (per-form compatibility while typing) for the G-044 hinting consumer
- G-043: subshell definitions gain a repl-behaviour composition aspect
(completion/syntax provider); xtal-style language subshells recorded as the
motivating scenario, an actual xtal session deferred to its own future goal
- G-013: raw editor essentials noted as G-044's prerequisite; the editbuf
literal-tab constraint recorded as a standing approach note
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Julian Noble