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Re: Absolute path tab completion on Windows

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From: Ram Rachum <ram@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Absolute path tab completion on Windows
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 15:16:00 +0200
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I see. Then what would need to be changed in order to enable this functionality? And in which project would it need to be changed?

On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 5:15 AM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 1:06 PM Ram Rachum <ram@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For example, if I type /c/Wind and press tab it does not complete to /c/Windows.

That's because /c is not a real directory, it's a representation of
the C: drive mount point. I'm not sure how the msys2 build of zsh was
done, but if it's based on cygwin, the directory search library is not
providing a way to enumerate files at the top level of a drive mount.

Follow-Ups:
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  - From: Bart Schaefer

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- Absolute path tab completion on Windows
  - From: Ram Rachum
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