Add symlink tab completion to /etc/inputrc

Bug #182203 reported by Bryce Harrington
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
base-files (Ubuntu)
Expired
Wishlist
Unassigned
Lucid
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: base-files

Tab completion is handled differently if a dir is a symlink from if it's a real symlink. Adding the following to /etc/inputrc fixes this:

 set mark-symlinked-directories on

Ref:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4119498#post4119498

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
Changed in base-files:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Michael Anckaert (michael-anckaert) wrote :

Bug applies to packages readline5 & readline6

Attached is a patch that fixes the bug.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

Are you proposing that a symlink to a directory should complete to $LINK/ and not to $LINK as it currently does?

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
status: New → Incomplete
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

ping

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

ping again

Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
assignee: Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) → nobody
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Won't Fix
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for base-files (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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