If we can figure out if there's one bad file that is commonly left lying around, and breaks things, a workaround can be shipped in bash- completion to blacklist it.
I'm going to close any pre-trusty reports of this, since they're probably the acroread crap. And point those bugs to here. I editted the title and description to make this bug be about what I think is probably the root cause. If you come across something that doesn't fit into what this bug is now, probably filing a new bug would be the best thing to do. ** Summary changed: - unwanted space after directory completion + unwanted space after directory completion (probably old cruft after upgrades) ** Description changed: - With bash-completion 2.1 the default for "unknown" commands seems to be to add a space after a string. - Thus path name completion cannot be performed properly. - Various users have complained about this for specific commands. + With bash-completion 2.1, some users are seeing broken completion for + directories, with a space being added at the end, requiring a + [BACKSPACE]/[TAB]. - The reason behind bash-completion is to make life easier. - So the default should always be the more ergonomic solution. + Testcase copied from bug 1000470, which I'm closing because it was + probably from acroread.sh, which is now blacklisted. - In most cases the added space requires a backspace, a '/' and another tab press. - This is awkward and much worse than manually entering space when necessary. + Extra space scenario: + find /op<TAB> ==> find /opt<Space> - So please change the default for pathname completion back to the - behaviour of bash_completion 1.3. + Backslash scenario: + cd ~ + mkdir -p test\ 1/test + find test\ 1/t<TAB> + find test 1/test + find: `test': No such file or directory + find: `1/test': No such file or directory + + + This bug can get closed when we find out what other old files get left in /etc/bash_completion.d and cause problems, so we can blacklist them, too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372286 Title: unwanted space after directory completion (probably old cruft after upgrades) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/1372286/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
