9 Jul
2018
9 Jul
'18
6:13 a.m.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 10:00:46 +1000 Greg 'groggy' Lehey
<grog(a)lemis.com> wrote:
On Sunday, 8 July 2018 at 16:27:54 -0700, Bakul Shah
wrote:
Yes, I know. But it only autocompletes file names, not program flags
and arguments etc., unless you write special bash scripts for every
single program examining what its arguments are. The point of what I
wrote is that there is now a good idea about how programs can convey
their arguments to the shell, thus allowing a general fix to the
issue.
--
Perry E. Metzger perry(a)piermont.com
I believe autocompletion has been available for
20+ years.
Yes, I started using bash in 1990, and it had autocompletion then.
A colleague was using it even earlier, and pointed out to me
autocompletion and Emacs-style editing as one of the great
advantages.