Re: eshell: Support old-style completion and cycling completion?

[kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann)]

Galen Boyer <galenboyer@hotpop.com> writes:

> On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de wrote:
>
>> Hm.  Thinking some more, it's possible that a behavior that I would
>> like is this:
>> 
>> If there is a common prefix for all completions, insert that.  If
>> there is more than one possible completion, beep.  After the next
>> TAB, show all possible completions.  After the next TAB, complete to
>> the first completion.  So it's a kind of a hybrid between old-style
>> and cycling style.
>
> The tab following the first completion buffer scrolls that completion
> buffer.  How should the user retain that functionality?

Good point.  I hadn't thought about that.  Well, C-M-v can be used
for scrolling.  Or TAB scrolls until it arrives at the end and then
starts cycling.  Probably depends on taste.

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