Re: tab completion at empty prompt and vi mode

[Chet Ramey]

blehamiga wrote:

> With 'set autolist=ambiguous' in tcsh, if I'm at an empty prompt and I hit
> tab, it essentially does an ls on the directory.  If I hit tab at an empty
> prompt in bash, it tries to complete all available commands instead.  I've
> set up these already:

That's how bash through bash-3.2 behaves.  The next version will have
a facility to set the completion for `empty' commands.

> Secondly, I prefer bindkey -v in tcsh, or set -o vi (and
> editing-mode/keymap) in bash.  There's a difference though in that if I
> scroll through history, tcsh defaults to command mode, and bash defaults to
> insert mode. Not a major problem but I'm wondering if there's something I
> missed that would get bash to default to command mode so I don't have to
> re-learn habits.

I assume you mean using the arrow keys.  If you start in insert mode when
using the arrow keys to go forward and backward in the history list, bash
leaves you there.  If you're in command mode, you stay in command mode.

Chet
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