From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16197: 24.3.50; no completion on commands following "sudo" in shell and eshell Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:53:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87fvpolyuk.fsf@gmail.com> <87zjnshslj.fsf@gmail.com> <87vbyfoojc.fsf@gmail.com> <8738lispja.fsf@gmail.com> <8738licym6.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388789657 4398 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2014 22:54:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16197@debbugs.gnu.org To: Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 03 23:54:23 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDdE-0005Mw-Ur for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:54:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52051 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDdE-0005s6-M5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:54:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44043) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDd4-0005r3-8o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:54:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDcw-0003kC-QG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:54:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46653) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDcw-0003k8-G8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:54:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDcw-0005rY-9R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:54:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16197 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16197-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16197.138878958322453 (code B ref 16197); Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16197) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jan 2014 22:53:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60672 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDbz-0005q5-78 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:53:03 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:52339) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VzDbx-0005pW-Fw for 16197@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:53:01 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSQuh3AGwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSQuh3AGwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="43928139" Original-Received: from 184-175-11-38.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([184.175.11.38]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 03 Jan 2014 17:53:00 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 79D8E6013A; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 17:53:00 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <8738licym6.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:49:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:82877 Archived-At: > Maybe because you are using pcomplete-match with an hard coded value of > 0 for index.(Not tested) Not sure who "you" is. I'm afraid your description of the problem, solutions, and problems of those solutions is a bit too cryptic for me. Here's my starting point: - I understand that currently pcomplete does not provide completion for "sudo" and it would be nice to add it. - "sudo" is not particularly special, so whatever solution is used for it should also work for many other commands. - There is already pcomplete/xargs and pcomplete/rsh. Can pcomplete/sudo use the same approach as pcomplete/xargs and pcomplete/rsh? If not, why not? If yes but there are still problems, do those problems also affect pcomplete/xargs and pcomplete/rsh? If not, why not? If yes, then let's first focus on fixing pcomplete/xargs. Stefan