Re: not autocompleting
Hi all, just to confirm complete -o filenames -d -F _ooexp_ oocalc did the job Many thanks, M On 7/5/12, Kushal Kumaran kushal.kumaran+deb...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote: On 2012-07-04, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, you mean for hidden directories. For those I neither get the autocomplete when using OOo applications (oowriter, oocalc...), though it works with the usual bash built-in tools (e.g., cat .th[tab] → it does autocomplete). Not sure if this behaviour can be tweaked :-? curty@einstein:/etc$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc If I only knew what that meant! The -X option's value excludes entries that begin with a dot from the completion list. I don't know why it is done this way, but changing it is easy. The lines printed by complete -p are actual bash builtin command lines, that you can edit and run. So just run this: complete -o filenames -d -F _ooexp_ oocalc and bash will now show files starting with . when completing (You can do similar things for the other OO commands). For permanence, add this line to your .bashrc after /etc/bash_completion is sourced, to override whatever it does. I'm too lazy to track down why the -X exclusion is being used. There might be good reasons for that. Completion is implemented in the file /etc/bash_completion New completion commands may be placed inside the directory /etc/bash_completion.d We can list all the current completion routines bound via complete -p http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/316 -- regards, kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cah8gtdphfvtu66tec4nprx03j5zkef8surkl9etf4cae_jd...@mail.gmail.com -- Michael @mkbane_mcr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALcNodHig3Zs1djFmMj9Fu6QmoBjJh=mpxzp0gra9mrhw28...@mail.gmail.com
Re: not autocompleting
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Curt cu...@free.fr wrote: On 2012-07-04, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, you mean for hidden directories. For those I neither get the autocomplete when using OOo applications (oowriter, oocalc...), though it works with the usual bash built-in tools (e.g., cat .th[tab] → it does autocomplete). Not sure if this behaviour can be tweaked :-? curty@einstein:/etc$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc If I only knew what that meant! The -X option's value excludes entries that begin with a dot from the completion list. I don't know why it is done this way, but changing it is easy. The lines printed by complete -p are actual bash builtin command lines, that you can edit and run. So just run this: complete -o filenames -d -F _ooexp_ oocalc and bash will now show files starting with . when completing (You can do similar things for the other OO commands). For permanence, add this line to your .bashrc after /etc/bash_completion is sourced, to override whatever it does. I'm too lazy to track down why the -X exclusion is being used. There might be good reasons for that. Completion is implemented in the file /etc/bash_completion New completion commands may be placed inside the directory /etc/bash_completion.d We can list all the current completion routines bound via complete -p http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/316 -- regards, kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cah8gtdphfvtu66tec4nprx03j5zkef8surkl9etf4cae_jd...@mail.gmail.com
Re: not autocompleting
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:11:19 +0100, mk bane wrote: On 6/23/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) How about your alias? Do you have something fancy added that can be interferring with autocomplete? Are you experiencing the problem when you login with a different user? Does the same happen for all of the OOo applications (oowriter, oodraw, ooimpres...)? Hi folks with apologies for being busy elsewhere... The problem for oocalc is when the directory begins with a dot (.) and partially given, eg oocalc .per[TAB] won't auto-complete but oocalc time[TAB] will auto-complete Same applies to oowriter Ah, you mean for hidden directories. For those I neither get the autocomplete when using OOo applications (oowriter, oocalc...), though it works with the usual bash built-in tools (e.g., cat .th[tab] → it does autocomplete). Not sure if this behaviour can be tweaked :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jt1o65$3jh$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: not autocompleting
On 2012-07-04, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, you mean for hidden directories. For those I neither get the autocomplete when using OOo applications (oowriter, oocalc...), though it works with the usual bash built-in tools (e.g., cat .th[tab] → it does autocomplete). Not sure if this behaviour can be tweaked :-? curty@einstein:/etc$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc If I only knew what that meant! Completion is implemented in the file /etc/bash_completion New completion commands may be placed inside the directory /etc/bash_completion.d We can list all the current completion routines bound via complete -p http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/316 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjv8u1i.2vn.cu...@einstein.electron.org
Re: not autocompleting
On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:05:58 +, Curt wrote: On 2012-07-04, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, you mean for hidden directories. For those I neither get the autocomplete when using OOo applications (oowriter, oocalc...), though it works with the usual bash built-in tools (e.g., cat .th[tab] → it does autocomplete). Not sure if this behaviour can be tweaked :-? curty@einstein:/etc$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc (...) Ah! Sure, the above listing, I completely forgot. Now, if you tell the user what needs to be done to tweak the current complete routines your post would be even useful. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jt1uv8$3jh$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: not autocompleting
On 6/23/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: El 2012-06-22 a las 20:23 +0100, mk bane escribió: (resending to the list) On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, mk bane michael.k.b...@googlemail.comwrote: (...) What's the output of complete -p | grep oocalc? I get: sm01@stt008:~/Desktop$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc Hi Camaleon Mine looks same? mkb@amd64:~$ complete -p |grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc It looks okay. How about your alias? Do you have something fancy added that can be interferring with autocomplete? Are you experiencing the problem when you login with a different user? Does the same happen for all of the OOo applications (oowriter, oodraw, ooimpres...)? Hi folks with apologies for being busy elsewhere... The problem for oocalc is when the directory begins with a dot (.) and partially given, eg oocalc .per[TAB] won't auto-complete but oocalc time[TAB] will auto-complete Same applies to oowriter Thanks, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CALcNodH6P19f8+EeXW7NCoD_-=rpfahf6n10kg0owfywatm...@mail.gmail.com
Re: not autocompleting
El 2012-06-22 a las 20:23 +0100, mk bane escribió: (resending to the list) On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:20 PM, mk bane michael.k.b...@googlemail.comwrote: (...) What's the output of complete -p | grep oocalc? I get: sm01@stt008:~/Desktop$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc Hi Camaleon Mine looks same? mkb@amd64:~$ complete -p |grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc It looks okay. How about your alias? Do you have something fancy added that can be interferring with autocomplete? Are you experiencing the problem when you login with a different user? Does the same happen for all of the OOo applications (oowriter, oodraw, ooimpres...)? I'm going out of ideas :-/ For ref, my full complete -p output is attached I leave the bunch of text as is so other can review. complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oodraw complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec elinks complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec freeamp complete -F _kill kill complete -F _renice renice complete -F _update_alternatives alternatives complete -o filenames -F _reportbug reportbug complete -F _pgrep pidof complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ ooweb complete -o filenames -F _java java complete -o filenames -F _stream stream complete -o filenames -F _longopt split complete -o filenames -F _longopt sed complete -o filenames -F _longopt grep complete -o filenames -F _longopt ld complete -j -P '%' -S '' jobs complete -d pushd complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec playmidi complete -F _service service complete -o filenames -F _querybts querybts complete -F _killall killall complete -o filenames -F _composite composite complete -o filenames -F _gcc g77 complete -o filenames -F _gcc g++ complete -o filenames -F _longopt mv complete -F _known_hosts rlogin complete -b help complete -A stopped -P '%' -S '' bg complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec cdiff complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec bibtex complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec rgview complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec realplay complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec xine complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec xpdf complete -F _sysctl sysctl complete -F _groupadd groupadd complete -o filenames -F _newusers newusers complete -F _useradd useradd complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ unopkg complete -o default -o filenames -F _mutt mutt complete -o filenames -F _insmod modprobe complete -o filenames -F _make gnumake complete -o default -o nospace -F _export export complete -o filenames -F _longopt pr complete -o filenames -F _longopt strip complete -F _known_hosts ftp complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oowriter complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec chromium-browser complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec gqmpeg complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec tex complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec lzegrep complete -F _update_rc_d update-rc.d complete -o bashdefault -F _perldoc perldoc complete -o filenames -F _longopt m4 complete -o filenames -F _command do complete -o filenames -F _command time complete -o filenames -F _command exec complete -o nospace -F _user_at_host finger complete -o nospace -F _user_at_host ytalk complete -c which complete -u slay complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec aviplay complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec latex complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec evince complete -F _update_alternatives update-alternatives complete -F _vipw vipw complete -o nospace -F _alias alias complete -o filenames -F _apt_cache apt-cache complete -o default -F _longopt uname complete -o filenames -F _longopt ldd complete -o filenames -F _longopt tac complete -F _known_hosts tracepath6 complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec netscape complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec acroread complete -F _xrandr xrandr complete -o filenames -F _longopt bc complete -o filenames -F _root_command gksudo complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec rvim complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec makeinfo complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec bunzip2 complete -F _ssh ssh complete -F _lastlog lastlog complete -F _pm_action pm-suspend complete -F _desktop_file_validate desktop-file-validate complete -o filenames -F _longopt tail complete -o filenames -F _longopt nl complete -F _known_hosts host complete -F _known_hosts tracepath complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec ogg123 complete -F _chpasswd chpasswd complete -o filenames -F _chown chown complete -o filenames -F _longopt awk complete -o filenames -F _longopt nm complete -o filenames -F _command xargs complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec kwrite complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec gview complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec ps2pdfwr complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec qiv complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec znew complete -o filenames -F _filedir_xspec bzcat complete -o dirnames -F
Re: not autocompleting
On 2012-06-16, mk bane michael.k.b...@googlemail.com wrote: A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, Seems as though there's an old bug report concerning this here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503691 Look at Drew Parson's post, for instance, where he refers to oocalc not prompting for autocompletion for files with certain suffixes. I personally verified his empirical data (-;)) by creating an empty directory on my machine and touching two files, 'datafile.dat' and 'datafile.txt. oocalc will not autocomplete for the former but will autocomplete for the latter. Is your problem related to file suffixes or to something else entirely? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjubhcq.24l.cu...@einstein.electron.org
Re: not autocompleting
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:07:41 +0100, mk bane wrote: On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Lorenzo Sutton lorenzofsut...@gmail.comwrote: On 16/06/12 17:05, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:16:51 +0100, mk bane wrote: A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, Is it only failing for a specific set of filenames (OOo)? If so, there has to be a file at /etc/bash_completion.d/**ooffice.sh for that purpose, installed by openoffice.org-common package. That file exists, yes Mmm... then the auto-completion should be done for the defined mime-types but as you mentioned, the autocompletion is not being done also for directories, not just OOo filenames... weird :-? What's the output of complete -p | grep oocalc? I get: sm01@stt008:~/Desktop$ complete -p | grep oocalc complete -o filenames -d -X '.[^./]*' -F _ooexp_ oocalc Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jrsm41$8av$5...@dough.gmane.org
Re: not autocompleting
On 16/06/12 17:05, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:16:51 +0100, mk bane wrote: A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, Is it only failing for a specific set of filenames (OOo)? If so, there has to be a file at /etc/bash_completion.d/ooffice.sh for that purpose, installed by openoffice.org-common package. Otherwise, if completion is not working at all, chances are that during upgrade your /etc/bash.bashrc was overwritten/changed so that the completion part was commented out (I think that is the default on vanilla installs?). Have a look at /etc/bash.bashrc and search for a comment: # enable bash completion in interactive shells and uncomment the lines just after it. Hope this helps, Lorenzo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fe02413.4010...@gmail.com
Re: not autocompleting
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Lorenzo Sutton lorenzofsut...@gmail.comwrote: On 16/06/12 17:05, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:16:51 +0100, mk bane wrote: A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, Is it only failing for a specific set of filenames (OOo)? If so, there has to be a file at /etc/bash_completion.d/**ooffice.sh for that purpose, installed by openoffice.org-common package. That file exists, yes Otherwise, if completion is not working at all, chances are that during upgrade your /etc/bash.bashrc was overwritten/changed so that the completion part was commented out (I think that is the default on vanilla installs?). Have a look at /etc/bash.bashrc and search for a comment: # enable bash completion in interactive shells and uncomment the lines just after it. That does appear to be anywhere but if I source it I still have the problem. Clarification of the problem: if I do ls .perTAB it completes the directory (.personal) but if I try oocalc .perTAB it doesn't complete. If I try other commands, eg emacs .perTAB they seem to complete okay Thanks, M
not autocompleting
A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, -- Michael @mkbane_mcr
Re: not autocompleting
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:16:51 +0100, mk bane wrote: A while ago I upgraded to Squeeze. I've noticed filename completion does not appear to work for some commands, such as oocalc. Anybody point me the direction of a solution? Thanks, Is it only failing for a specific set of filenames (OOo)? If so, there has to be a file at /etc/bash_completion.d/ooffice.sh for that purpose, installed by openoffice.org-common package. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jri7bd$tm4$6...@dough.gmane.org
