From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Completing environmental variable names? Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:12:03 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87k2xv8mv0.fsf@debian.uxu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427929824 5626 80.91.229.3 (1 Apr 2015 23:10:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:10:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 02 01:10:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1YdRm7-0001Vj-Gz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:10:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdRm6-000373-Cw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:10:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:nX5P5p/ma/pDCUX/kcTjCSrbSDY= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211213 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103495 Archived-At: Óscar Fuentes writes: >> Has anyone written a hook to complete environmental >> variable names? Imagine that I have a variable >> named LONG_ENV_VAR_NAME, and one called >> LONG_FOO_VAR_NAME. If I'm finding a file (typing >> its name in the minibuffer, the usual way), and >> after typing "$LONG_E" I want to press TAB, and >> have it to complete it to $LONG_ENV_VAR_NAME and >> then to expand its value (as it does already). > > It works for me on GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 > (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit) of 2015-03-05 > > emacs -Q C-x C-f $HO [TAB] > > expands to $HOME. Yes, it works for me as well in: GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2015-03-07 on trouble, modified by Debian Try env(1) (/usr/bin/env on Debian) - perhaps your long foos aren't there to being with? -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573