On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM Chet Ramey wrote: > Is this all that emacs needs, or should we add a call to printable_part() > as with other uses of print_filename()?
I don't think so. The completion region that bash uses is the entire file path, and printable_part() trims off everything before the last slash. This would lead to e.g. my_folder/my_fi being replaced with my_file.txt instead of my_folder/my_file.txt. In my quick testing, adding printable_part() just breaks Emacs' completions completely and it doesn't suggest anything. > print_filename() is the workhorse that implements support for a number of > other readline variables, including colored-stats and visible-stats. > Passing a zero value for prefix_bytes will inhibit the effects of > completion-prefix-display-length and colored-completion-prefix, which may > or may not matter to your users. That's correct. Those kinds of visual decisions are going to be made by Emacs.
