On 10/11/07, Aaron C. de Bruyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today a website generated a PDF file for me automatically and firefox > popped up and asked if I wanted to download it. I hit 'OK' and it saved ' > genpdf.asp' into my downloads folder. I was surprised to find bash > wouldn't tab-complete the filename. > > Apparently there is new (newer than dapper) bash completion code that > restricts completed files based on the initial part of the > command. (/etc/bash_completion) > > I think this sucks. I spend a lot of time at the bash prompt and use > tab-completion constantly. When you are in bash, I would expect you sorta > know what you are doing. > > One example of where I *will* have issues is if I upgrade my home media > server from Dapper to Gutsy. > It stores all the video from my camcorder, copies of all my CDs and DVDs, > pictures from digital cameras, etc... > Most of the files don't have an extension because file extensions are > sorta useless in Linux. > > If I upgrade to Gutsy it appears I won't be able to type in 'mplayer > StarTrek-Wrath<TAB>' and have it fill in 'StarTrek-Wrath_of_Kahn'. > > > So I guess I have two questions > > * Why does the tab-completion code that restricts based on command-names > exist? What benefit does this restriction have to power users??
I don't see the point why filenames needs to be tab-completed on default, it does it when it's necessary. Filenames does tab-complete on certain tasks and applications, depending on what are you trying to accomplish? For example, certain applications that require an input needs to tab-complete a filename on it's parameters (i.e. rsync), and executable files like python, perl, ruby & bash scripts would need tab-completion to execute. If you really want to autocomplete your filenames, you might as well make your files executable, and lastly why do you think this is necessary? -- "object-oriented programming is really just a common sense extension of structured programming" - Roger Sessions
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