Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r209221 - head/bin/sh Message-ID: <4C17FA43.4010100@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201006152158.o5FLwerZ005440@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201006152158.o5FLwerZ005440@svn.freebsd.org>
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Jilles Tjoelker wrote: > Unlike NetBSD, there is no 'set +o tabcomplete' option to disable > completion. I do not see any reason for such a special treatment, as > completion is rather useful and it is possible to do > bind ^I ed-insert > to disable completion and insert a tab character instead. For what it's worth, I find that having tab completion disabled is very useful when I paste pieces of shell script into consoles. If other people also do this, it might be an argument in favour of providing a more user-friendly way to disable tab completion. -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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