That's odd, because I use tab completion in bash a lot now. Teresa On May 13, 2013, at 1:36 AM, Brandt <brandt.steenk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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