Re: [Nmh-workers] docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
Norm wrote: > Well,... I had never heard of a bash-completion package, so it > wasn't clear, but now it is. > > Using Redhat 6.2, I installed bash_completion and put > COMPLETION-BASH in /etc/bash_completion.d/. The result was that > every time I hit the tab key I got a slew of error messages about > undefined variables, from bash. The problem persisted when I removed > COMPLETION-BASH from /etc/bash_completion.d/, so it had nothing to > do with nmh or you. When I logged in as a user, not norm, the > problem disappeared, so it had to do with my environment. I spent a > couple hours on the problem, to no avail. So for now, I gave up and > uninstalled bash_completion. You have more patience than me :-) Just a guess, I wonder if "set +u" would have silenced those messages. I removed bash-completion (all of it, not just for nmh) from my system (Fedora 16) because it disabled some completions that I use frequently. I don't think it's very useful for nmh, anyway, because nmh options can be abbreviated. It should complete folder names, but didn't for me. David ___ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
Re: [Nmh-workers] docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
David Levine writes:
>Norm wrote:
>
>> In the nmh-1.4 sources, there is a file, docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
>>
>> I assumed that it is a bash source file. But, from bash,
>>
>> source COMPLETION-BASH
>>
>> yields the error mesages:
>>
>> bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>> bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: `\++([a-zA-Z_]) )'
>
>I just added another error message to it, before those:
>
>ERROR: COMPLETION-BASH is not intended to be sourced directly, but
>rather added to a bash-completion package installation.
>
>Is that clear enough?
Well,... I had never heard of a bash-completion package, so it wasn't clear, but
now it is.
Using Redhat 6.2, I installed bash_completion and put COMPLETION-BASH in
/etc/bash_completion.d/. The result was that every time I hit the
tab key I got a slew of error messages about undefined variables, from bash. The
problem persisted when I removed COMPLETION-BASH from
/etc/bash_completion.d/, so it had nothing to do with nmh or you.
When I logged in as a user, not norm, the problem disappeared, so it had to do
with my environment. I spent a couple hours on the problem, to no avail. So for
now, I gave up and uninstalled bash_completion.
Norman Shapiro
798 Barron Avenue
Palo Alto CA 94306-3109
(650) 565-8215
n...@dad.org
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Re: [Nmh-workers] docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
Norm wrote:
> In the nmh-1.4 sources, there is a file, docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
>
> I assumed that it is a bash source file. But, from bash,
>
> source COMPLETION-BASH
>
> yields the error mesages:
>
> bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: `\++([a-zA-Z_]) )'
I just added another error message to it, before those:
ERROR: COMPLETION-BASH is not intended to be sourced directly, but
rather added to a bash-completion package installation.
Is that clear enough? If you have an /etc/bash_completion.d/
directory, copy it there and it will work. On Fedora, that's
in the bash-completion package.
David
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[Nmh-workers] docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
In the nmh-1.4 sources, there is a file, docs/COMPLETION-BASH.
I assumed that it is a bash source file. But, from bash,
source COMPLETION-BASH
yields the error mesages:
bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: COMPLETION-BASH: line 23: `\++([a-zA-Z_]) )'
Norman Shapiro
798 Barron Avenue
Palo Alto CA 94306-3109
(650) 565-8215
n...@dad.org
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