> I do A LOT of computing from terminals... and use arrow up and down > ALL THE TIME.. Autocomplete would so ROCK!
"Tab completion" is the key phrase. Assuming you use bash: When you want to complete a command or filename, press the Tab key. If the choices are ambiguous, you'll need to press Tab again. You can fine-tune the tab-completion behaviour with variables in ~/.inputrc - run "man bash" and search for "Readline Variables" for details. That's just for starters. Install the bash-completion package, un-comment the code in ~/.bashrc following the "enable programmable completion features" comment, and start a new shell. Now when you start typing and press Tab, it will offer all sorts of completions in context, e.g. command options, hostnames, and more. Rock on! -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
