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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0700
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>
To:        Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r209221 - head/bin/sh
Message-ID:  <4C17FA43.4010100@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201006152158.o5FLwerZ005440@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201006152158.o5FLwerZ005440@svn.freebsd.org>

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Jilles Tjoelker wrote:
>   Unlike NetBSD, there is no 'set +o tabcomplete' option to disable
>   completion. I do not see any reason for such a special treatment, as
>   completion is rather useful and it is possible to do
>     bind ^I ed-insert
>   to disable completion and insert a tab character instead.

For what it's worth, I find that having tab completion disabled is very useful
when I paste pieces of shell script into consoles.  If other people also do
this, it might be an argument in favour of providing a more user-friendly way
to disable tab completion.

-- 
Colin Percival
Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve
Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid



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