Binand Raj S. saw fit to inform me that:
>>>>>> "Rajesh" == Rajesh Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Rajesh> Similarly, say in vi I want to insert a file. When I type
>
> Rajesh> :r /ho
>
> Rajesh> and then press tab vi was autocompleting /home etc similar
> Rajesh> to bash shell but in debian pressing tab moves the cursor
> Rajesh> some spaces but /ho is not autocompleted.
>
>
> Rajesh> Listers any ideas why this kind of stuff changes from
> Rajesh> distro to distro :-)
>
>I think Bram Moolenaar ships vim with wildchar as ^E. So in debian,
>you will most likely find the same. RedHat probably changed it to the
>more intuitive (for bash users, default shell on RedHat) tab
>character. It is ^E on FreeBSD also.
The default installation of debian installs the following vi :
nvi - 4.4BSD re-implementation of vi.
I remove nvi and install vim and now everything is spot on. No probs.
Thanks Binand for the detailed explaination.
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Saludos :-)
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"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a
wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."
-Buddha
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