Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 116135
bash auto-completion has late response
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:36 EST
Description of problem: bash auto-completion has late response if I use tab (auto-completion) it don't work immediatelly - the word is not completed to maximum common prefix of some word wich do have a common prefix, but it does complete it after any key press Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bash-2.05b-36 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. find some folder with files which do have common prefix 2. type a shorter prefix of that prefix 3. press tab - nothing happens 4. press any key - word is completed Actual results: bash auto-complete don't work well Expected results: word should be tab auto-completed right after pressing tab Additional info:
Works for me. What does 'locale' say?
Also using bash-2.05b-36, I tried this and it seems to be an issue - I have to press the tab key twice before I get a choice. An example: OOo_680m22 OOo_680m26 OOo_680m26_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz OpenOffice.org1.1.0 OpenOffice.org680 OpenOffice.org - Is it an alternative to MS Office.sxi If I do "ls O", I don't get any response as to the options available. Pressing the tab key the second time, shows the above output. Locale is en_US.UTF-8 (Fedora standard). That said, this bug is *not* Fedora specific. I think its an upstream bash issue, since I have also been able to repeat it on Debian.
Colin -- that is expected (and documented) behaviour, and different to the reported behaviour in this bug. You have typed the entire common prefix, not a shorter prefix.