[ILUG] filename completion and xmodmap

Kenn Humborg kenn at bluetree.ie
Thu May 3 11:42:46 IST 2001


> > what does adding
> > 
> >     ESC: complete
> > 
> > do when you add it to your ~/.inputrc?  search for inputrc in the bash
> > man page for more info.
> 
> Yup, that does it.  Must read more.  BTW, a double-ESC already does this.
> Is there something that a single ESC does that I've wiped out by 
> mapping to
> "complete"?

Hmmm...  Might cause trouble all right.  ESC is the start
marker for escape sequences, such as ESC [ D which is cursor
left, ESC [ A which is cursor up.

So, unless readline is really smart, you might find that your
up-arrow key produces '<complete>[A'.  If readline uses a
short timeout after ESC to distinguish ESC or up-arrow, then 
it'll probably work OK over a fast connection/locally, but get
unreliable over a slow telnet or ssh link.

Later,
Kenn





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