feat: show search results while typing

[U-L-M-S]

Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Documentation update

Description

You no longer have to know the exact name. The search prompt is an fzf list: while you type, ani-cli asks the site again and fills the list with what it finds, Enter picks a result and goes straight to the episodes. Typing Da shows every title the site matches on "Da".

What changed

• The search prompt reloads the results on every change (debounced 0.3 s, a new keystroke cancels the previous request).
• Enter on a result skips the old "Select anime" step. Enter on an empty list runs the old search with what you typed. Esc exits.
• New --search <query> prints the result list, the prompt uses it, scripts can too.
• Needs fzf 0.25 or newer, older versions keep the plain prompt. ani-cli <name>, -S, -N, rofi and dmenu are unchanged.
• Version 5.3.0.

Cost

Each keystroke fetches the full search page (about 300 KB), the site has no lighter suggest endpoint. On slow connections the list lags a little behind the typing.

Checklist

• any anime playing
• bumped version

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• next, prev, replay and select work
• -c history and continue work
• -d downloads work
• -e (select episode) aka -r (range selection) works
• -S select index works
• -q quality works
• -s syncplay works
• -v vlc works
• --dub and regular (sub) mode both work
• --nextep-countdown countdown to next ep works

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• -h help info is up to date
• Readme is up to date
• Man page is up to date

Additional Testcases

(these don't block a merge)

• --skip ani-skip works
• --no-detach no detach works
• --exit-after-play auto exit after playing works

Copy Pasta

./ani-cli -V
./ani-cli -S 1 -e 1 -d flcl
./ani-cli -S 1 -e 1 -q worst -v flcl
./ani-cli -c -s --dub
./ani-cli
./ani-cli --search "dan da dan"
sh tests/parse.sh

[port19x]

Closing as bloated duplicate of #1923
You may keep your branch around until one of your implementations merges. Up to you.