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Subject: Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion
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>>>>> "CR" =3D=3D Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:
CR> On 9/1/19 11:10 AM, =E7=A9=8D=E4=B8=B9=E5=B0=BC Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> $ ls *.pdf
>> a.pdf  b.pdf
>> $ diff *.p<TAB>
>>=20
>> At this point <TAB> should complete "*.pdf".

CR> It does (well, the default completion does, maybe programmable comple=
tion
CR> for diff does too). But the two possible completions differ immediate=
ly --
CR> in the first character -- so what are you going to do? Rather than re=
move
CR> the word, as normal completion would do, the default bash completion =
leaves
CR> it alone.

I'm saying I want a real "* . p d f" as the result, I.e., genuine * 0x2A
asterisk left sitting upon the screen.

diff is just an example. Maybe use the generic ":" command instead.

(Yes I wish to disable /usr/share/bash-completion effects while testing,
though it is on by default in Debian.)

>> Or maybe as a bonus it could complete "a.pdf  b.pdf" via a different k=
ey.

CR> You want it to insert the possible completions? Use C-x* in emacs mod=
e:

CR> glob-expand-word (C-x *)
CR>        The word before point is  treated  as  a  pattern  for  pathna=
me
CR>        expansion,  and  the  list  of  matching  filenames is inserte=
d,
CR>        replacing the word.  If  a  numeric  argument  is  supplied,  =
an
CR>        asterisk is appended before pathname expansion.

Well that can deal with "*" but not "*.p".