In article <mailman.10999.1350260234.855.bug-b...@gnu.org>, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: >On 10/14/12 8:52 AM, William F Hammond wrote: >> >> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: >> Machine: i686 >> OS: linux-gnu >> Compiler: gcc >> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' >-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' >-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/src/gnu/share/locale' >-DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib >-g -O2 >> uname output: Linux jeanubu 3.2.0-32-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 >21:32:50 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux >> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu >> >> Bash Version: 4.2 >> Patch Level: 37 >> Release Status: release >> >> Description: >> If I have ul=/usr/local in the environment, I may want to >> use a reference to it together with tab completion to go to >> the directory /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp. > >If you indeed are using bash-4.2.37, you can enable variable expansion >by running `shopt -s direxpand'. This will produce the behavior you >want. > >I'm wondering if you've got programmable completion enabled, or whether >you're running a different version of bash than bashbug indicates, because >stock 4.2.37 doesn't quote the dollar sign. > >-- >``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates >Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ >
Is there something that can be done for 4.2.24 (/bin/bash on Ubuntu 12.04)? Thanks, Arnold -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 50 729-7545 D.N. Shimshon 99785 ISRAEL
