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[Andrew Gallatin]

Brian Candler writes:
 > On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 09:26:19AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
 > > In tcsh, hitting a tab once or 2 times results in the same thing -- 
 > > filling in the path until there are multiple choices.  So that
 > > second, accidental tab is harmless.
 > > 
 > > But in bash, that second, accidental tab results in a long pause while
 > > the shell lists all the different choices for the completion of
 > > the path.  Which I don't want to wait for.
 > > 
 > > If I could make bash's completion act like tcsh completion (^D rather
 > > than tab-tab),  I'd probably use it.
 > 
 > >From bash(1):
 > 
 >        show-all-if-ambiguous (Off)
 >               This  alters  the  default behavior of the completion functions.
 >               If set to on, words which have more than one possible completion
 >               cause  the  matches  to be listed immediately instead of ringing
 >               the bell.
 > 
 > Is that what you mean?

No, that's even more confusing to me ;)

What I want is to make completions work as much like tcsh as possble.
Eg,  any number of tabs completes up to the point where things
diverge, and ctrl-D shows the possible options.

Drew