Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018, J C Nash wrote: I really never imagined my "lazy keyboard habits" would lead to all this discovery. "The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him... The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself... All progress depends on the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

I really never imagined my "lazy keyboard habits" would lead to all this discovery. Thanks. JN On 2018-04-06 06:07 AM, Brett Delmage wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, Dianne Skoll wrote: > >> On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:16:29 -0400 >> J C Nash wrote: >> >>> And. ... tab on first

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

On Thu, 5 Apr 2018, Dianne Skoll wrote: On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:16:29 -0400 J C Nash wrote: And. ... tab on first couple of letters of symlinked directory gives no /, but hitting tab again gives the /. Went back to my local bash and same behaviour. That's a smart way to

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:16:29 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > And. ... tab on first couple of letters of symlinked directory gives > no /, but hitting tab again gives the /. Went back to my local bash > and same behaviour. That's a smart way to work. Sometimes you want the slash

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

Hmm. I downloaded latest source (my Linux Mint uses 4.3.48(1)) and built it. Tried it. And. ... tab on first couple of letters of symlinked directory gives no /, but hitting tab again gives the /. Went back to my local bash and same behaviour. Maybe this is intentional, and knowing the double

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 09:17:21 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > When I am in a terminal and want to cd to the appropriate folder > I typically type just the first couple of characters then hit tab. > I've noticed that regular directories add the /, but command > completion for the

[OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

I have set my /home directory so that there are several symlinks that point to directories on a second hard drive. Most of these are directories under version control (git or svn). When I am in a terminal and want to cd to the appropriate folder I typically type just the first couple of