Try with the following in your ~/.bashrc: shopt -u progcomp
That turns off Programmable Completion (see the section in bash man page for more) and leaves you (well, it leaves me) with the "normal" file-based tab-completion. Actually, I'm a fan of programmable completion, but I don't like most of the rules that are added by /etc/bash_completion. I think they are, as you've found, confusing and too prescriptive. I just have a few rules which are set in my ~/.bashrc. If you want to go that route, then use instead: complete -r That will clear the list of completions before you add your own. Gavin. On 10 Oct 2007, at 22:23, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote: > Today a website generated a PDF file for me automatically and > firefox popped up and asked if I wanted to download it. I hit 'OK' > and it saved 'genpdf.asp' into my downloads folder. I was > surprised to find bash wouldn't tab-complete the filename. > > Apparently there is new (newer than dapper) bash completion code > that restricts completed files based on the initial part of the > command. (/etc/bash_completion) > > I think this sucks. I spend a lot of time at the bash prompt and > use tab-completion constantly. When you are in bash, I would > expect you sorta know what you are doing. > > One example of where I *will* have issues is if I upgrade my home > media server from Dapper to Gutsy. > It stores all the video from my camcorder, copies of all my CDs and > DVDs, pictures from digital cameras, etc... > Most of the files don't have an extension because file extensions > are sorta useless in Linux. > > If I upgrade to Gutsy it appears I won't be able to type in > 'mplayer StarTrek-Wrath<TAB>' and have it fill in 'StarTrek- > Wrath_of_Kahn'. > > > So I guess I have two questions > > * Why does the tab-completion code that restricts based on command- > names exist? What benefit does this restriction have to power users?? > > * If it's here to stay, what is the official 'ubuntu way' to > disable it for people who don't like it. It appears /etc/ > bash_completion is owned by the bash package. If I upgrade bash, > will it come back? I want it off my servers and workstations > perminantly. I see nothing in /etc/defaults. > > -A -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
