On Feb 11, 11:33 am, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > > On 2/11/10 11:05 AM, Peng Yu wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > >>> On 2/11/10 10:54 AM, Peng Yu wrote: > >>>> Suppose I file 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt' in my current directory. When I > >>>> type 'cat a' then TAB, it will show me 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt'. If I > >>>> type TAB repeatedly, it will always show me the same thing. > > >>>> However, a better response might be > >>>> 1. complete the command to 'cat a1.txt' at the 2nd TAB, > >>>> 2. complete the command to 'cat a2.txt' at the 3rd TAB, > >>>> 3. return to the original 'cat a' at the 4th TAB, > >>>> 4. complete the command to 'cat a1.txt' again at the 5th TAB. > > >>>> I'm wondering if there is a way to configure bash this way. > > >>> bind 'TAB:menu-complete' > > >> This is helpful. But it is not exactly what I'm looking for. I still > >> want to show 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt' at the 1st TAB. The above bind > >> command gives me 'cat a1.txt' directly at the 1st TAB. > > > Look at the 'show-all-if-ambiguous' option. The combination may do what > > you want. > > set show-all-if-ambiguous On > bind 'TAB:menu-complete' > > I typed in the above two commands. It seems that command completion is > the same as if I only typed in the second command. Do you know why?
The first command should be: bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous On'
