On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Roger <rogerx....@gmail.com> wrote: > When using bash completion on files within local folder, ie. "$ ls f<tab>" > showing results for files starting with char "f" -- or any char(s) you may > specify, results are not provided in color when bash, terminal and ls are > configured for using color. > > I do believe, results for bash completion on files were at one time in color. > > To further troubleshoot, I removed /etc/bash/bashrc and $HOME/.bashrc and only > enabling related color commands. > > > > I have tracked this down to the call: > > compgen -d -- "$quoted" > > (Give or take some commands as I found this by using strace/ltrace or grepping > the files belonging to bash/bash-completion packages.) > > Doing something like "compgen -d |ls --color" does provide color, but is > likely > not proper. I believe compgen is provided by bash and not bash-completion. > > > Using the following packages: > =app-shells/bash-4.1_p9 > =app-shells/bash-completion-1.2 > =app-shells/gentoo-bashcomp-20101217 > > Using both rxvt-unicode and framebuffer console. > > Grepping around, I can see no references to anything color related when > dealing > with compgen or $COMPREPLY. I did trace the "ls" (core-utils) to > "/usr/share/bash-completion/base" of bash-completion. > > Any ideas? > > > -- > Roger > http://rogerx.freeshell.org/ > >
Zsh does that and fish does match highlighting in color. I don't remember ever seeing Bash do it, though.
