[Bash-completion-devel] Completions for screen

[al@sxipper.net]

I took a look in the /etc/bash_completion code.
I found my answer, partly.
I wanted to complete with the possible list of existing screens, when
reattaching one (-r|-R): only problem was that everyone has to remember the
number screen assigned to the screen wanted, since when the screen is
created it gets a name like 424234.name_that_i_chose . So I wanted
autocomplete to work even with name_that_i_chose and to fill the command
like: 'screen -R 424234.name_that_i_chose'

So I managed to fix the sed commands, I noticed too that -r and -R switches
where associated with $prev not with $preprev, so if -r|-R was not the
latest switch on the commandline it would not get completed. Fixed that too.
On Debian squeeze it works as expected.
See the attached patch .
See also
http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=413095&aid=311540&group_id=100114

Package devs could you please close this bug?

2009/3/11 al at sxipper.net

> I would like to know if existsted any trick for the GNU screen program.
>
> I do not know any: it would be nice to complete screen command line with
> both a list of names of the started screens and their full identifier (eg.
> 23442.abcde)
>
> The list afaik is gotten through '/bin/screen -l'
>
> The completion would result in 'screen 23442.abcde' in case user writes
> 'screen abc[TAB]' or 'screen 234[TAB]'
>
> Any hints?
>
> Would it be interesting to integrate it in?
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Regards.
>
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