Subject: Re: [ast-users] tab completion without edit mode?
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> I see that tab completion in ksh does not work if no editing mode is set.
> - typing "ls /etc<tab>" results in "/etc/c"
> - typing "ls /etc/pass<tab>" results in "/etc/passwds" (there's no such 
> file)
> - typing "ls /etc/passwd<tab><tab>" results in selection menu, but file 
> is changed to "/etc/passwdd" (extra 'd')
> 
> So I wonder... should this be working without editing mode or it should 
> work only when editing mode is activated? When vi or emacs mode is set, 
> it works fine.
> 
> Michal
> 

Completion is part of the emacs and vi editing.   One of these need to be
set to use completion.

David Korn
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