Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
and" 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" >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:30

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Chris Gilland
>> 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" >> To: >>

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Chris Blouch
"Brandt" To: 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.stee

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Chris Gilland
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" To: Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Termin

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Brandt
hack your bash rc or anything of the sort? > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Brandt" > To: > 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 t

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Chris Gilland
Hmm, weird. and you didn't hack your bash rc or anything of the sort? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Brandt" To: 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 i

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-13 Thread Brandt
, "Chris Gilland" 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" > To: > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:30 PM > Subject:

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-12 Thread Chris Gilland
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" To: Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Terminal and tab completion Hi, The issue has been sorted. Just changed

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-12 Thread Brandt
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

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-12 Thread Georgina Joyce
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 t

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Try hitting tab twice. If that does not work you probably have a customize bashed look for Filec variable. Sent from my iPhone On May 12, 2013, at 4:09 AM, Brandt wrote: > Hi there, > > There are no other directories starting with Doc, and I am not always in my > home directory. > > Warm

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-12 Thread Brandt
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 +(

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Georgina Joyce
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 Conta

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Brandt
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)2

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Documents starts with a capital D. Type ~/Doc . 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 wrote: Hi there, In this case, typing some

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Brandt
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.

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
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 d

Re: Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Chris Gilland
Yes! Does it not do that for you already? It definitely should. Chris. - Original Message - From: Brandt To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com com Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:20 AM Subject: Terminal and tab completion Hi there folks, Is there anyway to have the

Terminal and tab completion

2013-05-11 Thread Brandt
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. Thanks so long. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com