> From: [email protected] > > You need to enable one of the editor modes with set -o gmacs, set -o > emacs or set -o vi to get tab, tab-tab or esc-style file name and > variable completion. This can be done by adding such a line to > $HOME/.kshrc for your user or /etc/ksh.kshrc for all uses on a > machine.
Disabling all editor modes with set +o vi (etc.) doesn't seem to disable plain TAB completion in my ksh version, but just the ESC sort of completions. It seems that this part of the feature is working by default? > ksh93 does not enable any of the set -o flags at start by default to > conform to the POSIX shell specification, unlike bash who break the > standard with that in favour of usability. > > Olga > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Patrick Pippen wrote: >> How do I enable command and file name completion? I've tried >> M-*, M-ESC, & ^I tab. All I keep getting is: just a blank space, >> I believe I'm missing something. >> >> So I'm going to nuke my .profile and start from scratch any suggestions? >> >> Regards, Patrick >> >> >> -- >> "It runs like x, where x is something unsavory" >> -- Prof. Romas Aleliunas, CS 435 >> _______________________________________________ >> ast-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users >> [...] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
