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On 11/2/2010 1:55 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> I can't help but wonder how much programmable completion could be taught
> to strip .exe by itself

It can't, as far as I can see. Programmable completion doesn't operate
on words in command position (like the first non-variable-assignment
word on a line).

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