[Bash-completion-devel] alias completion: is apprending '=' by default really useful ?
David Paleino
d.paleino at gmail.com
Tue Feb 10 22:25:49 UTC 2009
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:14:07 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Alias completion currently completes on alias name, always appending '='
> sign to them. It might be useful if the intent is actually to define,
> but if the goal is just to inspect current definition, it's not, and
> requires additional user effort to edit its current command line.
> According to minimal completion principle, I'd rather drop it.
Please do. At least IMHO.
> Additionaly, it can even get considered harmful, as if the user confirms
> the command line too quickly, it will wipe out alias in question...
It happened to me too. :/
David
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