Eduardo Bustamante wrote:
> The cool thing about free software is that you're free to submit
> patches. Please consider that option, instead of ranting on what Chet
> should do.
>
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Ranting? Chet seemed to indicate he wouldn't accept a patch. If, OTOH,
he left that open... then, you are rig
The cool thing about free software is that you're free to submit
patches. Please consider that option, instead of ranting on what Chet
should do.
--
Eduardo A. Bustamante López
Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 4/25/13 8:45 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> If you think Bash is misbehaving, submit a patch, or wait for Chet to
>> comment on one of these threads.
>
> I don't plan to comment or make any changes. The demand for this feature
> seems vanishingly small.
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It's c
Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 4/25/13 8:45 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> If you think Bash is misbehaving, submit a patch, or wait for Chet to
>> comment on one of these threads.
>
> I don't plan to comment or make any changes. The demand for this feature
> seems vanishingly small.
Delib
On 4/25/13 8:45 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> If you think Bash is misbehaving, submit a patch, or wait for Chet to
> comment on one of these threads.
I don't plan to comment or make any changes. The demand for this feature
seems vanishingly small.
Chet
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Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 08:02:29PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> My terminal is displayed via 'X' --- X pics up
>> the actual characters that were echoed to the screen. If TABS are
>> used, it put's TABS in the copy/paste-buffer.
>
> That is not how my terminal works.
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 08:02:29PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> My terminal is displayed via 'X' --- X pics up
> the actual characters that were echoed to the screen. If TABS are
> used, it put's TABS in the copy/paste-buffer.
That is not how my terminal works.
imadev:~$ echo $'tab>\t
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:42:34PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> Was my elaboration clear enough -- ?
>>
>> It's a display issue not a content issue -- except when you cut/paste
>> from the terminal to another buffer under X.
>
> You forgot to copy the mailing list. Also, X
Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> Which means I typed <'>
> <'> at the Bash prompt.
>
> Then I pressed(I use vi editing mode also).
>
> Inside vi(m), I verified that the stuff in front of the y is an actual
> Tab character.
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The problem is not that it replaces with space in the user-
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:35:02PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> I.e. do whatever you do to insert a TAB there. for me, I press TAB,
> Others have to work around BASH's unwanted, 4.x behavior.
I am not able to reproduce your problem.
Here is what I did:
imadev:~$ echo 'x
y
z'
Which means
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Are you perhaps pressing Ctrl-V Tab? Or have you done funny things with
> readline bindings? Or are you editing .bash_history with a text editor
> and then re-invoking bash in order to artificially insert a command
> with literal tabs into the shell's history buffer?
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p.s. -- sorry for double post... but the fact that bad-design trumps
user usage steams me.
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:54:35AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>>> Type in this:
>>> echo 'while read fn;do
>>> d=${fn%.zip}
>> This is where I lose you completely. If I press Tab
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:54:35AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> Type in this:
>> echo 'while read fn;do
>> d=${fn%.zip}
>
> This is where I lose you completely. If I press Tab where you indicate,
> nothing happens at all.
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But that is an empty line -- TAB 'should' be i
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:54:35AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Type in this:
> echo 'while read fn;do
> d=${fn%.zip}
This is where I lose you completely. If I press Tab where you indicate,
nothing happens at all.
If I press Tab twice in a row there, bash offers to tab-complete against
all the fi
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:25:20AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> If I 'reedit my last "statement", it indents 8 spaces/tab.
>
> What does this sentence mean? I am completely stumped. What is
> the sequence of steps you are actually performing?
---
Type in this:
echo 'whil
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:25:20AM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
> If I 'reedit my last "statement", it indents 8 spaces/tab.
What does this sentence mean? I am completely stumped. What is
the sequence of steps you are actually performing?
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