Norman Ramsey wrote:
> > Actually it could be done better... attached is a 2nd patch
> > ("ksh93_tab_tab_gmacs_completion_try2.diff.txt") which also implements
> > TAB-TAB completion like in bash3.
> > Single TAB now completes the filename either completely - or if that
> > isn't possible it's completed to the point where the filenames start to
> > differ. TAB-TAB then displays a list of choices. Additionally in "gmacs"
> > mode typing TAB on an empty string will try to do the filename
> > completion for the whole directory (and TAB-TAB displays all choices
> > then). "emacs" mode still behaves as usual, incl. the ability to enter
> > the TAB character.
>
> I'm very interested in this patch, but because of the maintenance
> headache, I'm a bit leery of modifying the C source. Do you have any
> idea if this one could be packaged as a loadable builtin and bound to
> the TAB key using the usual KEYBD trap?
Please try the following script:
-- snip --
emacs_completion_tab_count=0
function emacs_completion
{
if [[ ${.sh.edchar} == "$(printf "\t")" ]] then
emacs_completion_tab_count=$((emacs_completion_tab_count + 1))
if [ $emacs_completion_tab_count -eq 1 ] ; then
.sh.edchar="$(printf "\E\E")"
elif [ $emacs_completion_tab_count -ge 2 ] ; then
.sh.edchar="$(printf "\E=")"
fi
else
emacs_completion_tab_count=0
fi
}
trap emacs_completion KEYBD
-- snip --
The script should work almost identical to my patch.
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Bye,
Roland
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