Re: *shell* TAB *Completions* fooled by $PWD/

[David Kastrup]

miles@gnu.org (Miles Bader) writes:

> rms@gnu.org (Richard Stallman) writes:
> > Perhaps this means that Shell mode commands should never expand
> > environment variables.  If we leave it for the shell to expand them,
> > it will at least expand them consistently.
> > 
> > What do people think about this?  Are there cases where Shell mode
> > commands that expand envvars which would be greatly missed?
> 
> YES!!  I use (constant) environment variables _constantly_ and I
> heavily depend on them being expanded by completion in shell mode!
> 
> I think this `problem' is very minor, and in fact we really don't need
> to change anything.

Well, perhaps one could make C-u TAB ask the shell itself for
an update on the shell's environment in some manner?

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