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Use zsh completion in vim instead of vim one
I like zsh completion where for example I can write f/o/fTab and get folder/other_folder/file.txt (I'm not sure, it's possible feature of oh-my-zsh, not zsh, but it seems that it doesn't matter)
Also ...
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How to adjust tab completion in Sublime Text 2
Is there a way to "complete completion within completion"? Example:
Completions:
'fra' => '\frac{$1}{$0}'
'bf' => '\mathbf{$0}'
I do fra<tab>bf<tab> and want to have ...
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Sublime Text double backslash completion
How do I make a sublime completion to insert double backslash \\?
{ "trigger": "d", "contents": "\\\\" }
doesn't work, it inserts a single \.
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bash tab-completion list below prompt
Whenever I use tab-completion, the list of possibilities is displayed and the prompt is duplicated below (| indicates the final cursor position):
$ vim ~/.<TAB>
./ ../ .bashrc .vimrc
$ ...
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Use two different completions in tcsh
I want to make a tcsh completion that completes with both a relative directory (ie p/*/d/), or the output of a command (ie p/*/'completionterms'/). Is this possible? Looking at the tcsh man page it's ...
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bash completion for filename patterns or directories
I'm trying to get a bash completion script set up and having some trouble.
I would like to set it up so the completions listed are either files matching a particular extension, or directories (which ...
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Is there a shell which supports fuzzy completion as in Sublime Text?
I'm using bash and I was wondering if there is any plugin in bash or other shell which allows me to do this
cat tfnislong.txt + [tab] completes to cat ThisFileNameIsSoLong.txt just like tab completion ...
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How to minimize typing when frequently changing directories?
What are some good Linux commands to make switching between different directories on the command line easier?
I often have to switch between different directories with long names, e.g.
cd ...
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zsh completion doesn't work under Cygwin for other drives
I'm on Win7 x64, Cygwin 1.7 and zsh (and using oh-my-zsh). Zsh newbie here.
I've reviewed zsh autocompletion not working on cygwin and tried the solution there but no luck.
My mount table:
C: on ...
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zsh compinit breaks file completion when there is a backslash in the path
As setup, create the following files:
$ mkdir bad\\dir
$ touch bad\\dir/myfile
Now, start a new zsh instance with the default configuration (zsh -f) and run the following:
$ ls bad\\dir/Tab
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Vim command mode complete word
Is there a way to get Vim in command mode to complete words from the current file? Say I have this file:
one
two
three
once
and I enter command line mode
:myruncommand o|
where | denotes the ...
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Bash-like, non-rotating filename tab completion with PowerShell
Under Windows, using PowerShell, is it possible to make the filename suggestion (using the Tab key) work like with bash under Linux?
Let's assume a directory contains 3 directories: example1, example ...
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How can I get bash to perform tab-completion for my aliases?
I have a bunch of bash completion scripts set up (mostly using bash-it and some manually setup).
I also have a bunch of aliases setup for common tasks like gco for git checkout. Right now I can ...
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Unquoted completion lists in zsh
I noticed that autocompletion lists in zsh escape all filenames like this
Age\ of\ Empires\ 2/ ePSXe\ 1.7.0/ Touhou\ Project/ Windows\ 98\ SE/
Aikisado/ Mathematica\ 8/ ...
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Make emacs autocomplete cpp files over binary files
My question is similar to this one, except for emacs instead of vim. The issue is that I have a cpp file that I want to open and when I type f[TAB] it autocompletes to foo the binary file foo instead ...
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Why does bash tab-expand a tilde when I am completing a vim file name?
If I type cat ~/.bashr<TAB> then it completes to cat ~/.bashrc.
If I type vim ~/.bashr<TAB> then it completes to vim /home/neil/.bashrc...
(It does the same with vi, which is aliased to ...
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On Linux, why does directory tab completion add a \ to a path starting with ~
On my work scientific linux 6.2 machine, I often start typing in a directory like below and use tab completion to finish it:
~/mydir
But when I hit tab, it becomes e.g.
\~/mydirectory/
With an ...
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How do I restore tab-completion on shell variables on the bash command-line?
I've long set my most-recently visited directories to shell variables d1, d2, etc.
On an ancient Fedora machine I could type a command like
$ cp $d1/
and the shell would replace $d1 with text like ...
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My job is in deferred state after submission by qsub in ROCKS
I am having a problem submitting my job using the command qsub abc.sh : it is showing my job is in deferred state, even though my node is working fine and all services are running on both sides, in ...
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Windows 8 cmd %PATH% tab completion
I have to assume I was confused about the directory I was working in, but when I initially installed Win8, I would swear that I had %PATH% tab completion. As in >pi tab becomes >ping. Was I ...
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How do I get zsh tab completion to “vi **/foo<TAB>” to match and complete the first file matching “foo*” anywhere under the current directory?
How do I get zsh tab completion to cat **/foo<TAB> to match and complete the first file matching foo* in any subdirectory under the current directory?
For example, do this while inside a fresh ...
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Mountain lion and git-completion
I have ML with Xcode installed tools (git coming from there).
Later I've installed brew and install bash-completion, but git commands still not auto-completed.
Brew has no such package. Google does ...
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left tab completion in bash or zsh
When I use standard tab completion in bash or zsh, I type the first part of a filename or path, then hit to complete the word. This works well unless I'm in a directory full of files where all of the ...
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Bash completion makes bash start slowly
Starting a bash on my ubuntu system takes about 2 seconds.
If I remove loading /etc/bash_completition in .bashrc it starts without delay.
Of course I don't want to give up completition and I don't ...
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Bash filename tab completion
I have noticed sometimes that tab completion is helpfully filtered in bash. I am a java programmer and often use the java and javac commands in the terminal for quick or remote tasks.
Say I have the ...
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Is it possible to force bash tab completion suggestions to list in a single column?
When I'm typing a filename and double-press Tab, a directory listing occurs to suggest all options for the tab completion. By default it lists in the same format as ls however I would prefer it to ...
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Can bash (or a terminal) auto-complete (tab-complete) from terminal buffer contents?
Imagine I have a bash session in a terminal, just after some output:
$ grep foo *.txt
this.txt: something123 foo
$
After this grep, let's say that my next command will take something123 as an ...
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Tab-completion friendly names for start / stop
I have many scripts that are used to start and stop services. It is frustrating when using tab completion that you need to type:
./serviceScript.sh [sta|sto]
before there is enough information ...
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sudo bash completion for locations user has no permissions for - how to handle?
Example:
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 26. juuli 2009 lost+found
How do I get this to show me completions:
sudo ls -l /lost+found/<TAB>
I'm looking for a solution that works across all ...
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Bash Shell Hangs on ?+Tab-complete
I often use tab completion in Bash when completing directories, but I find that it hangs for an unacceptable amount of time if I accidentally include a question mark in the directory. I'd like to know ...
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urxvt - tab expand environment variables
I am new to urxvt (moved from gnome-terminal -> Ubuntu 12.04 refugee). I am used to having environment variables expand in gnome-terminal by default
Suppose that I have an environment variable ...
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COMP_LINE not set despite bash completion being installed
I'm using homebrew's bash completion package on OSX, which is installed in /usr/local/etc/bash_completion. It's working fine, but there are many extensions for it which rely on various environment ...
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zsh completion will not work in emacs shell
I'm learning about the more powerful tab-completion and expansion capabilities of zsh, and they don't seem to work when I run zsh under emacs with M-x shell:
cat $PATH<TAB> expands the tab ...
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ZSH autocomplete second argument
I'm on my $HOME directory, there is a foo.zip file.
I want to extract it into $HOME/work directory, which exists
I type unzip foo it expands the filename, I enter but it doesn't expand the "w" to ...
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Bash: always display file possibilities on tab-complete
When I use tab for filename completion and there are more than ~100 matches, it displays something like "Display all 403 possibilities? (y or n)". This gets annoying when I do it many times a day. Is ...
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Zsh, directory tab-completion with prefix
I have a directory where I put all my projects in, let's say it's ~/projects as an example. I've made a command called s which takes one argument, and moves me into that directory. E.g.: s foo moves ...
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Filename tab completion within bash backtick environment
I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 and I've ran into a little bit of a snag with bash completions within backticks. Here's an example to illustrate:
I save streaming URL:s to my radio-stations in text files, and I ...
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File completion colors for zsh
When I use Tab to complete a filename and more than one file matches, zsh uses an unsuitable color. Consider the following screenshot which exemplifies the problem:
I have entered vi .zsh and ...
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Is there a way to tell the shell (zsh preferably) about a command?
I defined an alias:
alias school="cd ~/School/3BaFys/"
to quickly go to the folder 3BaFys which contains all of the directories I need this year.
Is there a way to tell zsh that when I do:
...
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Access Finder's “Open With” menu from the commandline (for tab completion)
On Mac OS X, I know one can open a file from the commandline with its default application with open, and with other applications with open -a <application name>. Thus,
open movie.avi
open -a ...
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How do you set a minimum number of characters for Bash tab completion?
Is there a way to set a minimum number of characters to Bash's tab completion?
My reason is that I often accidentally press the tab key on an empty command line and it takes forever to load the ...
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Why does ~username/ change to /home/username if tab-completing a path with a space in it?
In ~jacksonc/temp/ there are two files, test.txt and space test.txt, both placed there through Windows (using Samba).
Using bash, if I type
cat ~jacksonc/temp/t[tab]
, it autocompletes to
cat ...
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filetype-aware tab-completion in bash?
Is it possible to have filetype-aware tab-completion in bash?
I.e. let's say there are two files in a directory, "foobar.txt" and "foobar.html", when I type "firefox foo" and then hit tab, bash would ...
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bash: How to abort building the list for tab complition without losing the command?
some_very_long_command_line --arg1 --arg2=555 --arg4 ... ... ... && <now Tab pressed>
(Now it works. I want to cancel before the following message)
Display all 6936 possibilities? (y or ...
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How can I enable colored completion in Vim?
I understand that this questions could be a bit unclear, but I think an example will help.
I'm in Vim and want to open a file. There are a few files in my directory and some have the same prefix. I ...
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Zsh .. (parent directory completion)
In zsh when I type .. and Press Tab I would like it to expand to ../. At the moment, zsh looks for a directory with two periods in the name and expands to that (such as .emacs.d).
Which option ...
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Setting up tab-completion of paths in bash or zsh to resemble tcsh
I’m a long time tcsh user, but all the cool kids seem to be using either bash or zsh nowadays (that is, completion patterns for git or stuff are available for bash and zsh, rarely for tcsh).
My ...
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Slow tab completion for paths in`make' arguments
When I'm specifying an argument for make like PREFIX_PATH=/some/path/to/prefix/ I sometimes experience very slow completion for my directories (a few seconds). It's annoying when I've got several ...
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Make bash's tab-completion case-insensitive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Case insensitive tab completion in Bash
Is there any way to make the tab-completion in bash case-insensitive? For instance, if I have a file called Hello.txt and try to ...
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Smart tab completion (for directories)?
Are there shell versions that have a more intelligent tab completion?
I'd like to be able to type
cd foo-<TAB>
Then it would show me the possible completions along with numbers that I can ...
