On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Pierre Gaston <pierre.gas...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Clark J. Wang <dearv...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Andreas Schwab <sch...@linux-m68k.org >> >wrote: >> >> > Maarten Billemont <lhun...@gmail.com> writes: >> > >> > > Why are we escaping all word break characters? rm file:name and rm >> > file\:name are effectively identical, I'm not sure I see the need for >> > escaping it. >> > >> > How do you differentiate between completing file:name and completing >> > file:name? >> > >> > >> I don't understand what did you mean. :( > > > If you complete PATH, you want to be able to press tab after: > PATH=/bin:/home/clark/ so that it completes "/home/clark" > If you complete a file named 'foo:bar' you want to be able to press tab > after: ls foo:b so that it completes just "foo:b" > So how bash can decide if if it should complete just "b" like in the > example of PATH or "foo:b"? > > > That makes it more clear to me. Thanks. -- Clark J. Wang
