From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Hofert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why is TAB-completion in shell not working for some commands? Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:56:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <74F7A456-B7B9-4241-A11D-4EC5CF27DDAC@math.ethz.ch> <4EBA2101.9010603@easy-emacs.de> <40781343-DF59-4B4A-A4A6-6E50DEE3ADBB@math.ethz.ch> <4EBA2376.7050006@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320821794 31168 80.91.229.12 (9 Nov 2011 06:56:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 06:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 09 07:56:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RO25G-00072S-GN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:56:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45014 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO25G-0007nd-3h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:56:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34648) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO25B-0007nN-Cm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:56:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO25A-0003dH-8r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:56:25 -0500 Original-Received: from edge20.ethz.ch ([82.130.99.26]:37261) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO25A-0003d5-15 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:56:24 -0500 Original-Received: from CAS11.d.ethz.ch (172.31.38.211) by edge20.ethz.ch (82.130.99.26) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.339.1; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:56:19 +0100 Original-Received: from 77-58-145-155.dclient.hispeed.ch (77.58.145.155) by CAS11.d.ethz.ch (172.31.38.211) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.339.1; Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:56:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4EBA2376.7050006@easy-emacs.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-Originating-IP: [77.58.145.155] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.130.99.26 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:82802 Archived-At: Do you mean M-x describe-key TAB? It says: Click on a completion to select it. In this buffer, type M-x choose-completion to select the completion near = point. Possible completions are: describe-key describe-key-briefly On 2011-11-09, at 07:53 , Andreas R=F6hler wrote: > Am 09.11.2011 07:48, schrieb Marius Hofert: >>> AFAIU it might matter, wherefrom you open the shell. It may or will = have it's own (minor-)mode, where TAB completion is provided or not. In = different available python-shells for example, TAB completion might be = performed by different functions. >>>=20 >>> Call M-x describe-mode from inside shell, to get info which mode is = behind, which keys are set etc, >>>=20 >>> Cheers, >>>=20 >>> Andreas >>=20 >> Hi Andreas, >>=20 >> thanks a lot for helping. Here is the output of M-x describe-mode: >>=20 >> Enabled minor modes: Auto-Composition Auto-Compression = Auto-Encryption Autopair >> Autopair-Global Blink-Cursor Column-Number Delete-Selection = Desktop-Save >> Diff-Auto-Refine File-Name-Shadow Font-Lock Global-Font-Lock = Global-Visual-Line >> Line-Number Menu-Bar Mouse-Wheel Shell-Dirtrack Show-Paren Tooltip >> Transient-Mark Visual-Line Yas/Global >>=20 >> Cheers, >>=20 >> Marius >=20 > what says M-s describe-key TAB >=20