Re: Command-line completion

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On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 06:01:33PM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 03:08:12PM -0500, Luke Kanies wrote:
> > bash-style:
> > Exactly what you describe above.
> > 
> > vim-style:
> > First tab expands to the alphabetically-first file matching what you've 
> > typed so far.  Further tabs cycle through the other matches.
> > 
> > ksh-style:
> > (Uses * in control mode; also works in bash.)  Puts all matches on the 
> > prompt.
> > 
> > He is asking for vim-style completion, rather than bash-style.  I happen 
> > to heartily feel oppositely, but so be it.
> 
> Doesn't zsh do it that way?

zsh does it any way you please, via options like menu_complete,
auto_menu, auto_list, and others.  :-)

\Anton.

• Michael G Schwern 23:01 on 01 Feb 2005
  • Anton Berezin 13:48 on 02 Feb 2005
• Yoz Grahame 23:13 on 01 Feb 2005
  • Luke Kanies 01:57 on 02 Feb 2005
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 13:20 on 02 Feb 2005

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