From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
Subject: bash is better at shell command choices than emacs
Date: 12 Jan 2003 19:11:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877kdak4hj.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
I type apt-<TAB> [In a shell window]
Possible completions are:
apt-cache apt-cdrom
apt-config apt-extracttemplates
apt-file apt-ftparchive
apt-get apt-setup
apt-show-source apt-show-versions
apt-sortpkgs apt-zip-inst
apt-zip-list
OK, what is more easy on the eye trying to follow alphabetical order,
reading across or down? Down for me. Of course one then must
consider window size and issue output in chunks. Anyway bash does a
better job,
apt-cache apt-file apt-show-source apt-zip-list
apt-cdrom apt-ftparchive apt-show-versions
apt-config apt-get apt-sortpkgs
apt-extracttemplates apt-setup apt-zip-inst
except, [try p<TAB>] it's --More-- bars cut the list into non
continuous vertical chunks... ok, boring, never mind.
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