Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?"

From	Ilkka Virta <itvirta@iki.fi>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?"
Date	2020-08-06 17:11 +0300
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On 6.8. 15:59, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 8/6/20 8:13 AM, Ilkka Virta wrote:
>> I think they meant the case where all the files matching the given
>> beginning have a longer prefix in common. The shell expands that prefix to
>> the command line after asking to show all possibilities.
> 
> Only if you set the "show-all-if-ambiguous" readline variable explicitly
> asking for this behavior. Readline's default behavior is to complete up to
> the longest common prefix, then, on the next completion attempt, to note
> that there weren't any additional changes to the buffer and ask if the user
> wants to see the alternatives. Dan wants a change in the behavior that
> variable enables.

Right, sorry.

I do have it set because otherwise there's a step where tab-completion 
only produces a beep, and doesn't do anything useful. I didn't realize 
causes partial completion to be skipped too.


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Ilkka Virta / itvirta@iki.fi

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