Dominique wrote:
> Cesar Romani <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 09/05/2018 05:44 a.m., Christian Brabandt wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mi, 09 Mai 2018, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> > >
> > >> With my longest:full,full setting I don't have to delete anything, I
> > >> just repeatedly hit the right-arrow key (or down-arrow to descend into
> > >> directories); if there are too many matches I can get an overview by
> > >> hitting Ctrl-D instead of<Tab>, then type something more specific
> > >> once I know what the choices are.
> > >
> > > Of course not that's why I am suggesting to change the IMHO unhelpful
> > > default.
>
> > I agree with that, the default setting for wildmode doesn't serve any
> > purpose.
>
> I also never liked the default setting for 'wildmode'.
> I find it even dangerous as it's easy to forget that there can
> be multiple matches when doing completion.
>
> Default completion is also different than bash completion
> which probably confuses new users.
>
> On the other hand, changing default settings in Vim
> may upset some people.
I have the opposite opinion: I find the default bash completion
hopeless, having to type Tab multiple times and not knowing what will
happen next. Having to type another character is even worse (There is
only one Tab key, more than 26 other keys to chose from).
I suppose it depends on the number of file names and what you know about
them. If there are many matches then using Tab to go through them isn't
good. If there are few matches then using Tab is the best way, no need
to type letters.
Anyway, in case of doubt it's better to not change the default.
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