Apparently the twist to this bug is that numerics have to be typed to trigger the bug. If non-numeric characters are typed then ^I, the ^I expands as expected.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Quentin Barnes <qbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > The ^I file expansion in emacs mode is documented on ksh(1) as, "If > a partial completion occurs, repeating this will behave as if M-= > were entered." > > I would think that if ^I is typed a second time after intervening > characters it should continue with its original behavior of file > expansion of rather than its repeating behavior of listing matches. > > For example: > ====== > $ echo $KSH_VERSION > Version AJM 93u+ 2012-08-01 > $ set -o emacs > $ ls /tmp/mydir/JHS* > /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-10.txt /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-6.txt > /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-12.txt /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-9.txt > $ ls /tmp/mydir/JHS^I > The ^I expands the line to: > $ ls /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH- > After the expansion immediately type "12" and press ^I again: > $ ls /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-12^I > 1) JHS_REFRESH-12.txt > $ ls /tmp/mydir/JHS_REFRESH-12 > ====== > > I would expect that typing the "12" characters would reset the ^I > behavior back to file expansion rather than file list. Is this a > bug or a correctly operating feature? > > Quentin _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list ast-users@lists.research.att.com http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
