Freddy Vulto wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale'
> -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include
> -I./lib -g -O2
> uname output: Linux myhost 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18
> 18:40:08 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 4.0
> Patch Level: 28
> Release Status: release
>
> On bash-4, when completing:
>
> $ a 'b c
>
> The COMP_CWORD variables contain:
>
> COMP_CWORD: 3
> COMP_CWORDS:
> 0: a
> 1: '
> 2: b
> 3: c
>
> Whereas on bash-3 they contained:
>
> COMP_CWORD: 1
> COMP_CWORDS:
> 0: a
> 1: 'b c
>
> I know that bash-4 has changed:
>
> i. The programmable completion code now uses the same
> set of characters as readline when breaking the command
> line into a list of words.
That change in how quoted words are treated was unintended, and clearly
a bug. I will fix it, and the fix will be in bash-4.1. It may also be
released as a patch; I have to see how extensive the changes will be.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
