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Re: Completion and menu behavior



Sven Wischnowsky wrote:

Byron Foster wrote:
...

lets say I'm in a directory that contains only files 'foobar' and 'foofoo' and I type 'less [TAB]' at the command line. Currently I will get a partial completion of 'foo' and that's it. Now what I would like is that if I were to type 'less [TAB]' at the command line I would be given 'less foo' with the cursor following just after the partial completion, but *also* with a menu listing foobar and foofoo.

Try a combination of AUTO_LIST and NO_LIST_AMBIGUOUS:

 setopt autolist
 unsetopt listambiguous

Just btw: the use of `menu' in your mail is somewhat irritating
because, as I think, you really only want a list. Menuing is done with
AUTO_MENU or MENU_COMPLETE or the `menu' style. And menuing with a
list sounds like menu selection, where you can move the cursor in a
listing to select matches (turned on with the `select' value of the
`menu' style).
Hi Sven, Thanks for the suggestion. The NO_LIST_AMBIGUOUS did the trick! You are correct about my terms, I do mean list and not menu. I have obviously caused some confusion. Thanks for decrypting my email :)

Byron






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