[Bash-completion-commits] [bash-completion] 01/01: Document how to avoid command_not_found_handler interference

[Ville Skyttä]

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commit 1d9e705639e40c28b3ae4ce2a99c9c7308e3c653
Author: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi>
Date:   Tue Jun 23 16:40:23 2015 +0300

    Document how to avoid command_not_found_handler interference
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 README | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 78cde72..8af8113 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ A. Probably because the database is being queried every time and this uses a
    unless it detects that the database has changed since the file was created,
    in which case it will still use the database to ensure accuracy.
 
+Q. bash-completion interferes with my command_not_found_handler function!
+
+A. If your command_not_found_handler function is not intended to address
+   (possibly missing) commands invoked during bash programmable completion
+   functions, you can take that into account in your function for example by
+   testing if the $COMP_* variables are set and taking appropriate bypass or
+   other action.
+
 Q. Can tab completion be made even easier?
 
 A. The readline(3) library offers a few settings that can make tab

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