Package: bash-completion There should be a README.debian file that answers the question: Q: OK, I installed the bash-completion package. Now how do I start enjoying its benefits?
I recall seeing a friend or even myself when I was younger doing $ apt-get --TAB etc. and seeing all the completions, but I can't find instructions now how to do it anymore. Maybe it is one of the shopt or set -o's? Can't really guess. Looking all over the bash docs doesn't reveal how one gets one's bash to know about /etc/bash_completion. And of course that file itself doesn't mention what to do either. OK, looking at /usr/share/doc/abs-guide/html/sample-bashrc.html I'm starting to guess that maybe $ . /etc/bash_completion is what one needs to do. And it indeed seems to be. So please mention in README.debian and /etc/bash_completion: To start enjoying the benefits of bash_completion, so that e.g., $ apt-get --<TAB> will show --assume-yes --fix-broken... Use . /etc/bash_completion in your .bashrc (Ah, you might say the README file mentions what to do INSTALLATION ------------ The easiest way to install this software is to use a package, such as the RPM that I maintain for Red Hat Linux, the .deb package for Debian/GNU Linux or Ubuntu, etc. If that's not an option or you simply don't want to do this, put the bash_completion file somewhere on your system and source it from either /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc. But after the first paragraph we get the impression that since we already installed the .deb, we have already accomplished INSTALLATION. Therefore you need another README.debian, which answers the question: How can I, Joe User, start enjoying the benefits of the bash_completion package today?) P.S., even http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/ assumes one knows what to do. (But not all users are connected to the Internet always, so do make a README.debian). P.S., in the package Description, bashs should be bash's. P.S., bummer, no # man aptitude|grep -- --sched|sed q --schedule-only (No, --help doesn't show it. Only the aptitude man page.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
