On 2/17/11 10:03 AM, Clark J. Wang wrote:
>>>>>> "Clark J. Wang" <dearv...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think char `:' is not special in bash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ printf "%q\n" "$COMP_WORDBREAKS"
>>>>>> $' \t\n"\'><=;|&(:'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that explain the issue.
>>>>
>>>> /* characters that need to be quoted when appearing in filenames. */
>>>> rl_filename_quote_characters = " \t\n\\\"'@<>=;|&()#$`?*[!:{~";
>>>> /*}*/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> So that's problem. I don't think @=: need to be treated specially. Any
>>> reason?
>>
>> They are used as word break characters during completion.
>>
>>
> That's the way it's implemented but that does not mean that's reasonable.
For pete's sake. If you don't think they should be word break characters,
modify the value of COMP_WORDBREAKS. For the record, @ causes a word break
so you can complete hostnames more easily, = breaks so you can complete
filenames on the rhs of assignment statements, and : breaks so you can
complete filenames in words that look like $PATH.
Are we really spending this much time on a cosmetic issue?
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