On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:32 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote:
> > The attached patch adds a new shell option that, when enabled, is > intended to restore the bash-4.1 behavior of expanding directory names > in filenames being completed. I have done some testing, and it seems > to work the way I intend. This, or some later version, will be part > of the next bash release. I am soliciting feedback on this iteration. > > I'm sending this directly to everyone who's commented negatively about > the default bash-4.2 behavior, as well as bug-bash. Please try the new > option (`direxpand') and let me know if it's missing anything. The patch > includes the original heuristic I sent out back in March, the new shopt > option, and updates to the documentation and test suite. It should apply > cleanly to bash-4.2.10. > > Tested with 4.2.10. Overall it works fine for me. But it still has problem for following scenario: $ complete -d -o bashdefault cd $ cd $PWD<TAB> # it expands to this: $ cd \$PWD<SPACE> Bash 4.1 also behaves like that so I'm not sure if it's OK. > Chet > -- > ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates > Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu > http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ >
