Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:28:44 +0200 From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@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: <20100615222844.GB16518@stack.nl> In-Reply-To: <4C17FA43.4010100@freebsd.org> References: <201006152158.o5FLwerZ005440@svn.freebsd.org> <4C17FA43.4010100@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 03:10:11PM -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > 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. Hmm. zsh treats a tab on an empty line as a literal tab character, not completion. That allows most pasting but still allow normal access to completion. (Still a problem if you IFS='<Tab>' though.) -- Jilles Tjoelker
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