Chris, You have a very valid point here. I forgot about it showing a list of matches.
Chris. On May 13, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I think it's a more basic issue. In most home directories there is both a > Documents and a Downloads folder. So the autocomplete is ambiguous and bash > doesn't know which one you want. So if you type cd ~/D and hit tab you'll > hear your default 'bell' sound letting you know it couldn't do the match. If > you hit tab a second time bash will show all the items that did match so you > can disambiguate for it. In this case it will say Docuemtns/ and Downloads/. > So then if you continue the command by adding o and c to it and hit tab again > there is no longer ambiguity and bash will auto-complete the rest. > > CB > > On 5/13/13 10:23 AM, Chris Gilland wrote: >> Yeah, I didn't think you had, but just figured I'd ask. That's really weird >> that it did that. Or shall I more correctly say, didn't! do that. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 7:50 AM >> Subject: Re: Terminal and tab completion >> >> >> In all honesty, I would not know where to start doing such a thing. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> Contact me: >> >> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >> >> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >> >> My ring to Skype: >> California, United States >> +(1)760-5140161 >> Extension 512 >> Cape Town, South Africa >> +(27)213-002317 >> Extension 161 >> Johannesburg, South Africa >> +(27)105-002316 >> Extension 170 >> >> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >> >> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >> >> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >> >> On 13 May 2013, at 1:40 PM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hmm, weird. and you didn't hack your bash rc or anything of the sort? >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:36 AM >>> Subject: Re: Terminal and tab completion >>> >>> >>> For some reason, bash did not want to do the tab completion thing. zhs is >>> working fine though. I will set it back to bash, just to make sure. >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Brandt Steenkamp >>> >>> Sent from my macbook pro >>> >>> Contact me: >>> >>> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >>> >>> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>> >>> My ring to Skype: >>> California, United States >>> +(1)760-5140161 >>> Extension 512 >>> Cape Town, South Africa >>> +(27)213-002317 >>> Extension 161 >>> Johannesburg, South Africa >>> +(27)105-002316 >>> Extension 170 >>> >>> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >>> >>> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >>> >>> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >>> >>> On 13 May 2013, at 1:40 AM, "Chris Gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Why would you have used zhs? Call me weird for asking, but... isn't it set >>>> to bash by default? >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandt" <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> >>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>>> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:30 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Terminal and tab completion >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> The issue has been sorted. Just changed the shell from bash to I think zhs. >>>> >>>> The last time I used a text based system was back in 93 or so with MS-DOS.. >>>> >>>> Warm regards, >>>> >>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>> >>>> Sent from my macbook pro >>>> >>>> Contact me: >>>> >>>> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >>>> >>>> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> My ring to Skype: >>>> California, United States >>>> +(1)760-5140161 >>>> Extension 512 >>>> Cape Town, South Africa >>>> +(27)213-002317 >>>> Extension 161 >>>> Johannesburg, South Africa >>>> +(27)105-002316 >>>> Extension 170 >>>> >>>> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >>>> >>>> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >>>> >>>> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >>>> >>>> On 12 May 2013, at 8:53 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Can we just go back to basics and check that we understand the situation >>>>> right. >>>>> >>>>> You are going to your applications cmd + shift + a. >>>>> >>>>> You are navigating to the utilities folder. >>>>> >>>>> You are selecting terminal? >>>>> >>>>> Then attempting tab completion? >>>>> >>>>> If you are in agreement with the above. I'm sure the terminal is giving a >>>>> response. Whether it's an error tone or a message of some description. >>>>> How does the terminal respond? >>>>> >>>>> Have you hacked your .bashrc or .bash_prifiles? >>>>> >>>>> Is there more than one account on that machine? If so, do the other >>>>> accounts behave the same? >>>>> >>>>> Gena >>>>> >>>>> On 12 May 2013, at 09:09, Brandt <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>> >>>>>> There are no other directories starting with Doc, and I am not always in >>>>>> my home directory. >>>>>> >>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my macbook pro >>>>>> >>>>>> Contact me: >>>>>> >>>>>> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >>>>>> >>>>>> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> My ring to Skype: >>>>>> California, United States >>>>>> +(1)760-5140161 >>>>>> Extension 512 >>>>>> Cape Town, South Africa >>>>>> +(27)213-002317 >>>>>> Extension 161 >>>>>> Johannesburg, South Africa >>>>>> +(27)105-002316 >>>>>> Extension 170 >>>>>> >>>>>> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >>>>>> >>>>>> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11 May 2013, at 10:58 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What's it's response? Do you have another directory starting with Doc? >>>>>>> Why are you using the home identifier? Are you not at your home route? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Gena >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/05/2013 20:04, Brandt wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Still no luck. Any other ideas? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my macbook pro >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Contact me: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My ring to Skype: >>>>>>>> California, United States >>>>>>>> +(1)760-5140161 >>>>>>>> Extension 512 >>>>>>>> Cape Town, South Africa >>>>>>>> +(27)213-002317 >>>>>>>> Extension 161 >>>>>>>> Johannesburg, South Africa >>>>>>>> +(27)105-002316 >>>>>>>> Extension 170 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 11 May 2013, at 8:55 PM, Barry Hadder <bhad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Documents starts with a capital D. Type ~/Doc <tab>. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tab completion is case sensitive. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Barry Hadder >>>>>>>>> bhad...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> https://twitter.com/BarryHadder >>>>>>>>> UnitMaster >>>>>>>>> Available in the Mac app store. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On May 11, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Brandt <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In this case, typing something like "cd ~/doc" then hitting the tab >>>>>>>>> key should complete "cd ~/documents" This is not happening. How do I >>>>>>>>> fix the problem? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Brandt Steenkamp >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my macbook pro >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Contact me: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My ring to Skype: >>>>>>>>> California, United States >>>>>>>>> +(1)760-5140161 >>>>>>>>> Extension 512 >>>>>>>>> Cape Town, South Africa >>>>>>>>> +(27)213-002317 >>>>>>>>> Extension 161 >>>>>>>>> Johannesburg, South Africa >>>>>>>>> +(27)105-002316 >>>>>>>>> Extension 170 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 11 May 2013, at 5:23 PM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jonc...@cox.net> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This is rather a complicated question, since the terminal invokes a >>>>>>>>>> shell and the shell is then invoking other programs and there is no >>>>>>>>>> mechanism in UNIX to have those other programs tell the shell what >>>>>>>>>> arguments they will accept. On the other hand bash and zsh and tcsh >>>>>>>>>> shells will all do file name completion and can be programmed to do >>>>>>>>>> completion of of other commands unfortunately not many commands are >>>>>>>>>> so programmed. EMACS which has a toolkit called emacsspeak which can >>>>>>>>>> with some work be compiled to work on the Macintosh has a fairly >>>>>>>>>> extensive completion scheme. In places where emacs is using the >>>>>>>>>> command line at the bottom of the editor screen, and in some other >>>>>>>>>> areas where the text editor is not really working as a text editor, >>>>>>>>>> Emacs accepts a question mark to tell you what it expects and an tab >>>>>>>>>> (or perhaps an escape) to complete the current argument. Emacs took >>>>>>>>>> these structures from an 1080's Operating System called TOPS-20, and >>>>>>>>>> almost every completion scheme since has followed this example.T >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> To get back to the shell, when you type the command "defaults" and >>>>>>>>>> then provide arguments such as read com.apple.textedit those >>>>>>>>>> arguments are first interpreted by the shell and then once and only >>>>>>>>>> once you hit the return key are passed to the defaults command. So >>>>>>>>>> what this means is that unless the shell knows all 10,000 programs >>>>>>>>>> available to it it can not provide complete completion code. >>>>>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jonathan >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On May 11, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Brandt wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Hi there folks, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Is there anyway to have the tab key complete what you are typing >>>>>>>>>>> into the terminal? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> If there is, please let me know. 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