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Re: completion-prefix-display-length doesn't check for common prefix
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: completion-prefix-display-length doesn't check for common prefix |
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Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:23:00 -0400 |
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On 4/21/16 2:42 PM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> f() { COMPREPLY=(aaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccccccc); }
> complete -F f f
> bind 'set completion-prefix-display-length 2'
>
> $ f dddd [TAB][TAB]
> ...aaaaaaaaaa ...bbbbbbbbbb ...cccccccccc
>
> None of the completion entries share a common prefix, though the docs
> suggest that only common prefixes are removed:
Bash-4.4 doesn't do this.
> On a related note, colored-completion-prefix has no effect if
> completion-prefix-display-length is greater than 0.
Yes, the current implementation prioritizes completion-prefix-display-length
over colored-completion-prefix
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