From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: *shell* TAB *Completions* fooled by $PWD/
Date: 11 Jul 2002 22:26:58 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87znwyxun1.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200207111201.g6BC1Nx16935@aztec.santafe.edu
rms@gnu.org (Richard Stallman) writes:
> Perhaps this means that Shell mode commands should never expand
> environment variables. If we leave it for the shell to expand them,
> it will at least expand them consistently.
>
> What do people think about this? Are there cases where Shell mode
> commands that expand envvars which would be greatly missed?
YES!! I use (constant) environment variables _constantly_ and I
heavily depend on them being expanded by completion in shell mode!
I think this `problem' is very minor, and in fact we really don't need
to change anything.
-Miles
--
Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here,
beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-11 13:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-07 21:13 *shell* TAB *Completions* fooled by $PWD/ Dan Jacobson
[not found] ` <200207081820.g68IKeP12935@aztec.santafe.edu>
2002-07-09 0:24 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-07-09 7:54 ` Miles Bader
2002-07-09 18:51 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-10 6:03 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-07-10 17:31 ` Miles Bader
2002-07-10 16:48 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-07-10 17:45 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-07-10 18:21 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-07-10 18:30 ` David Kastrup
2002-07-11 12:01 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-11 13:26 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2002-07-11 13:30 ` David Kastrup
2002-07-11 13:55 ` Miles Bader
2002-07-11 14:31 ` David Kastrup
2002-07-11 17:06 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-07-11 23:05 ` David Kastrup
2002-07-12 8:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2002-07-17 16:58 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-07-17 18:26 ` Miles Bader
2002-07-18 12:01 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-07-18 12:18 ` Andreas Schwab
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