Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: bash-completion
It would make the most sense if I just given an example. Suppose I have
a DVD .ISO file buried a couple levels down in my filesystem, that I
want to open with XINE, and I type the following (knowing for certain it
will resolve to exactly one match):
xine /ra{tab}dir{tab}som{tab}
It would normally expand to something like:
xine /rainbird/directory/somefile.iso
However, bash-completion prevents this match,probably because it thinks
XINE can't play an ISO file. It of course can play them (provided I add
"dvd://" in front of the path, after I'm done tabbing)
I think the best bet would be to make bash-completion default to normal,
unfiltered filename matches if it can't find a specific filetype in its
configuration (equivalent to what you'd get without the package
installed at all). I think this would solve a number of other problems
such as that mentioned in bug #115224 , bug #127605 , bug #156200 , and
probably a number of others.
** Affects: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Confirmed
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bash-completion needs match "fallback" function
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484628
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