Bugs item #312648, was changed at 2010-08-09 00:38 by Igor Murzov You can respond by visiting: https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=413095&aid=312648&group_id=100114
>Status: Closed Priority: 3 Submitted By: Nobody (None) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Mplayer bash completion not working for files without an extension Distribution: None Originally reported in: Ubuntu Launchpad Milestone: None >Status: Won't Fix Original bug number: 615042 Initial Comment: The core of the issue is that mplayer can play files without an extension, but bash completion does not work for files that do not have an extension. Below is a more detailed description. Enter directory like /tmp while watching a video on YT. Pause it inside your browser to watch in way more responsible player like MPlayer. Type as usual: mplayer Flash[Tab] What happens? bash won't fill up the command with appropriate file name, because it's got none of expected extensions like mpeg, rmvb etc. MPlayer plays FLV videos flawlessly and doesn't require an extension to be present as eg. FourCC technologies are being utilised to recognize codecs used to encode multimedia file. bash even without help of additional libraries can recognize type of a file without an extension: $ file FlashXX9kNLBj FlashXX9kNLBj: Macromedia Flash Video It would be great if completion rules would somehow use /usr/bin/file utility to require no extension at minimum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Igor Murzov (garik-guest) Date: 2011-11-16 03:22 Message: This is definitely not a bug. Won't fix. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Raphaël Droz (gibboris-guest) Date: 2010-08-09 22:50 Message: bad idea IMHO, it would imply *a lot* overhead while you can just invoke the bash built-in file-completion with ALT + / ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=413095&aid=312648&group_id=100114 _______________________________________________ Bash-completion-devel mailing list Bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bash-completion-devel
