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

[Zach Forrest <diatribe@shaw.ca>]

I think you may be right.

Geert Bevin wrote:

> 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
>>