> > If I modify them, doesn't that mean they will get overwritten by the next > > update to the bash package? > > not if you modify them in your own .bashrc
Yeah--but system-wide I want it off. On the hosting server I own, I have 4 other admins that would absolutely hate this. > sniffing the mime type of every file in the directory each time you hit <tab> > ?? > The day it starts doing this I'll stop using it... Yeah--that's what I was saying. It seems like that would be a huge waste of resources. I guess I wasn't clear--but there are two paths. Do tab completion on a system I consider broken (based on file extension) which doesn't actually tell you what is in the file. Or what nautilus appears to be doing--displaying a 'type' column that ignores the file extension. I tested it with my PDF example. It's sorta a catch-22. Use the 'broken' system or use the bloated system that would require mime lookups on every file. In my opinion, both are bad. That's why I would love to disable is entirely and just have tab completion for every file. (And parameters to things like svn, rsync, etc...) > Do you have tracker or something similar installed ? > nautilus does NOT sniff the mime type when it shoes the content of a > directory, it does it only when you select the file I'm running a fairly default install of gutsy. Looking at the package list, it shows trackerd. Could bash maybe tie into that database easily? As much as I hate it restricting my tab-completion, at least it would be a little more accurate... Of course I may very well be a fringe case. > and I do not want it to show me the non-pdf files in the same directory. > I really like this filtering, but agree that we should have some way > to complete other files as well (by hitting tab again or <shift-tab> > or whatever) Agreed. I would love to have a system-wide disable option and/or a per-account option. For now I'll settle for what Gavin said in his message to the list. Toss 'shopt -u progcomp' into your .bashrc Of course I'm not that familiar with bash, but I'm guessing that probably turns off my nice svn command completion too... ;) -A -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
