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Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 18:38:07 -0400
From: CyberZombie <Cyber DOT Zombie AT comcast DOT net>
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To: Daniel Miller <dan AT imi-test DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Please help with 4NT and cygwin problem?? (WinXP)
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Daniel Miller wrote:

>CyberZombie <Cyber DOT Zombie AT comcast DOT net> wrote in
>news:410FF67A DOT 2060108 AT comcast DOT net: 
>
>  
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>>OT:  Any reason why you haven't moved to the Cygwin bash shell?  IMO, 
>>it's much better than 4NT (my prior command-line-of-choice prior to 
>>Cygwin)...
>>
>>    
>>
>No, I find 4NT to be more flexible than BASH... filename completion is 
>handier, especially when multiple filenames match what you type; editing
>of environment variables (especially PATH) with eset is unmatched by Bash, 
>and there are some other handy things in 4NT as well, which are lacked by 
>Bash.  I do alot of work with Bash on my job, under Linux, and I often rue 
>the absence of 4NT there...
>
>... of course, that's when it works...
>
>    	Dan
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For filename completion, the following might help
.inputrc:
set completion-ignore-case on
set bell-style none

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