X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: <20101102205025.150395100@gmail.com> User-Agent: quilt/0.48-1 Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:49:00 -0700 From: dan DOT colascione AT gmail DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: [patch 5/8] Document completion_strip_exe in Cygwin readme References: <20101102204855 DOT 153395100 AT gmail DOT com> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=completion-exe-cygwin-doc X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Index: bash-3.2/CYGWIN-PATCHES/bash.README =================================================================== --- bash-3.2.orig/CYGWIN-PATCHES/bash.README +++ bash-3.2/CYGWIN-PATCHES/bash.README @@ -62,7 +62,15 @@ of completion and PATH searching. The `t are not affected. Use this variable to prevent non-executables uselessly appearing in completion lists; EXECIGNORE=*.dll is quite useful. -9. If you don't like how bash behaves, then propose a patch, rather than +9. This version of bash has a Cygwin-specific shell option +completion_strip_exe. It is enabled by default. With this option on, +whenever bash sees a file "foo.exe" when trying to complete a command +name, it checks whether Cygwin has generated a pseudo-hardlinked "foo" +short name for the file and uses that instead. The end result is that +the names of native Windows programs are completed normally, resulting +in a more Unix-like experience overall. This substitution does not +occur if "foo.exe" and "foo" are, in fact, different files. +10. If you don't like how bash behaves, then propose a patch, rather than proposing idle ideas. This turn of events has already been talked to death on the mailing lists by people with many ideas, but few patches. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple