Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!news.albasani.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Death To Sub-Sub-Sub-Directories! Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 07:50:10 -0400 Organization: albasani.net Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <34va98-dgm.ln1@dagon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.albasani.net DgTB12MIvAVgWzty0BiigxgYf+laoR2MH0kyigAvSIktSBCxPn/A/+J3RajF2U7JC66wcUxHzjvsCf9iEbQ6LQ== NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 11:50:07 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.albasani.net; logging-data="sRJ0+KJ1rcfKXBk8abywsi1aukpGXMiyjc4YhZ2rtU5kR3eLnQ0+gAjpsqWmJVXEPTCzRSXosG9WLEs1NcdaUMGzSWvDJ0CwvUoj5dpdxGlVozx5gIegUhai6q+Vw4SR"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@albasani.net" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:3/c+ESjeY1hpIV9bZDlbfIvaIPU= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3759 On 05/07/2011 04:28 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message, Zapotec wrote: > >> On 06/05/2011 11:56 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message, Zapotec wrote: >>> >>>> Shells plus long path names = AAAARGH! >>> >>> Tab completion FTW! >> >> Only one problem: the typical Java project directory structure means you >> get lots of names with long common substrings. So you get huge numbers >> of possible completions in a lot of cases. > > Hence the suggestion of mine that started this thread. THe one that showed shocking lack of awareness of how all Java platforms have worked since Java 1.1. -- Lew Honi soit qui mal y pense. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg