Re: [gentoo-dev] updated emerge bash completion + question

[Geert Bevin <gbevin@theleaf.be>]

Well this works, but it doesn't use the bash normal file completion
command which imho is not implemented correctly. I don't think that
--usepkg should limit itself to the binary packages directory, the
completion that follows should be a standard bash file completion. If
you see how file completion on other commands has been implemented, then
you'll see that they suffer from the same problem (eg. chown chmod ....)
I think that the compgen implementation of -f is flawed, it doesn't
react any different than -d. I'll try to contact the bash author(s).

On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 22:13, Zach Forrest wrote:
> This seems to work (see attachment).
> 
> [DISCLAIMER: I make no claims that this is pretty.]
> 
> Geert,
> 
> I think the problem with filename completion when '--usepkg' is 
> specified has to do with the suffix and glob flags when setting $setsma. 
> I made a few other changes and was having the same problem (i.e. after 
> the dirname was completed, it appended a "/" and added a space; 
> interestingly, though, was that when I backspaced, it then completed on 
> filenames properly). To get it working, I removed the '-S' flag and 
> changed the glob pattern to "*/" (only when '--usepkg' is specified, of 
> course).
> 
> Maybe one of us should mail this addition to the bash_completion 
> maintainer so it can be included in the main package. (He might also be 
> able to clean it up a bit. If you'd like to send it in, feel free to 
> point the finger at me for the hacks. ;-) )
> 
> Zach
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