Subject: Re: Tab completion in /bin/sh
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: current-users
Date: 05/05/2005 15:47:28
[ On Wednesday, May 4, 2005 at 00:05:18 (+0100), David Laight wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Tab completion in /bin/sh
>
> I type <tab> in too many command lines, esp. in '[<space><tab>]*' patterns.
> Using <tab> for filename completion is a pain, with wildcards and 'cut and
> paste' it isn't really necessary.
That's not a problem if you use pdksh in emacs mode. :-)
(there the filename completion is done with <ESC>= and <ESC><ESC>)
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