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Re: [PATCH] new shopt `colonbreakswords' for bash 3.0
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [PATCH] new shopt `colonbreakswords' for bash 3.0 |
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:47:03 -0400 |
> While the current behavior of filename completion (treating
> the colon `:' as a separator for words to be completed) is
> useful for PATH style variables, it is sometimes irritating
> for users working a lot with filenames that contain a colon.
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> This patch makes this configurable with a new shopt
> `colonbreakswords', enabled by default. It can be unset with
Why not just use $COMP_WORDBREAKS? That's what it's there for. One
problem with it, however, is that it's not initialized with the
`standard' list of break characters, so you have to play around with
it. Let me know about problems you find.
Chet
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