Re: Completion and menu behavior

[Byron Foster <byron@xxxxxxxx>]

Sven Wischnowsky wrote:

> Byron Foster wrote:
>  
>
> > ...
> >
> > lets say I'm in a directory that contains only files 'foobar' and 
> > 'foofoo' and I type 'less [TAB]' at the command line.  Currently I will 
> > get a partial completion of 'foo' and that's it.  Now what I would like 
> > is that if I were to type 'less [TAB]' at the command line I would be 
> > given 'less foo' with the cursor following just after the partial 
> > completion, but *also* with a menu listing foobar and foofoo.
> >    
>
> Try a combination of AUTO_LIST and NO_LIST_AMBIGUOUS:
>
>  setopt autolist
>  unsetopt listambiguous
>
> Just btw: the use of `menu' in your mail is somewhat irritating
> because, as I think, you really only want a list. Menuing is done with
> AUTO_MENU or MENU_COMPLETE or the `menu' style. And menuing with a
> list sounds like menu selection, where you can move the cursor in a
> listing to select matches (turned on with the `select' value of the
> `menu' style).
>  
Hi Sven,   Thanks for the suggestion.  The NO_LIST_AMBIGUOUS did the 
trick!  You are correct about my terms, I do mean list and not menu. I 
have obviously caused some confusion.  Thanks for decrypting my email :)

Byron