On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Luciano ES <lucm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just noticed the current version of fish still has some annoying behavior I > would love to see "fixed" in the near future. I am not sure how to explain > it, so I will do it very slowly: > > $ ls > . > .. > OfficialStats_Canada_2010.txt > OfficialStats_Canada_2011.txt > OfficialStats_Canada_2012.txt > OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2010.txt > OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2011.txt > OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2012.txt > OfficialStats_UnitedStatesOfAmerica_2010.txt > OfficialStats_UnitedStatesOfAmerica_2011.txt > OfficialStats_UnitedStatesOfAmerica_2012.txt > > For the duration of this explanation, pretend that "^" is the cursor, or > caret. You know, the insertion point in my command line. > > I want to view or edit a file: > > $ vi of^ > (Note: I know that the small 'o' will become capital 'O' automatically) > I press Tab: > $ vi OfficialStats_^ > Type G or g, then Tab: > $ vi OfficialStats_G^ > $ vi OfficialStats_GreatBritain_201^ > Type 0, then Tab: > $ vi OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2010^ > $ vi OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2010.txt > [return] > > Fine. Now I want 2010 stats for USA: > > $ vi > [Alt+up] > $ vi OfficialStats_GreatBritain_2010.txt > [left,left,left,left,left,left,left,left,left] > [del,del,del,del,del,del,del,del,del,del,del,del] > $ vi OfficialStats_^_2010.txt > [U, tab] > $ vi OfficialStats_U_2010.txt^ > > Damnit! Instead of completing UnitedStatesOfAmerica, the caret jumped to the > end of the line! > > So I have to suffer through this: > > $ vi OfficialStats_U_2010.txt^ > [left,left,left,left,left,left,left,left,left] > $ vi OfficialStats_U^_2010.txt > [space] > $ vi OfficialStats_U ^_2010.txt > [left] > $ vi OfficialStats_U^ _2010.txt > [Tab] > $ vi OfficialStats_UnitedStatesOfAmerica^ _2010.txt (note the space) > [delete the space] > $ vi OfficialStats_UnitedStatesOfAmerica^_2010.txt > [return] > > Grumble... > > Obviously, I want fish to complete in the middle of words just the way it > does immediately before a space. > > I've had that on tcsh and I've become too accustomed to it, because it's so > convenient. I migrated to fish many months ago, but keep running into this > mistake and fish adamantly refuses to cooperate! When will it learn? > :-) > > Whaddyathink?
Maybe it helps that fish does cycle through the possible completions by repeatedly pressing tab. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
