Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion

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Subject	Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion
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CR> I'm saying that's what the default bash completion code does. The default
CR> bash completion code leaves the word unchanged.

Yes. That's why I'm saying wouldn't it be neat if it made
*.p into *.pdf? What harm could possibly happen?
The idea being if the user has handed it an asterisk,
then he wants that asterisk to still be in the result.

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Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> - 2019-09-02 02:35 +0800

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