On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 02:54:49PM -0300, Mads Rasmussen wrote:
>
> Win2k actually does have tab completion but it doesn�t work that well as in
> linux and only on files and directories.
>
> Just to finish off this thread, it really isn�t Linux related but since I
> use Win2k as well as linux at work I missed the completion in windows and
> found a way.
>
> Start regedit ->
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER->SOFTWARE->MICROSOFT->Command Processor
>
> There you will find a label, "CompletionChar" (if not create it)
> Just enter the DWORD value 9 for TAB and there you have it.
>
> Be sure to use the CMD shell and not Command, for some obscure reason.
>
> It is supposed to work for NT4 aswell, haven�t tested it though.
It does work on NT 4. I think the registry key is even the same (what a
concept!). Details are on the NT Emacs web page, which you can get to from
mine, below.
It does not work on Windows 9x.
If you use Emacs, BTW, NT Emacs is GNU Emacs compiled for NT using
VC++. It works amazingly well.
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