commit f5136e1f39a7cfbbe3e4177a5d0ee34d2dec987a
Author: Raphaël Droz <raphael.droz+floss@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 23 19:34:46 2011 +0200

    Colored completion, bugfix (7/6).
    
    Do not skip fnprint() if we are not going to complete filenames.

diff --git a/lib/readline/complete.c b/lib/readline/complete.c
index 1f6ca81..661a5fa 100644
--- a/lib/readline/complete.c
+++ b/lib/readline/complete.c
@@ -835,9 +835,12 @@ print_filename (to_print, full_pathname, prefix_bytes)
   extension_char = 0;
 
   /* Postpones printing the filename if we need
-     to prefix the output with a color indicator. */
+     to prefix the output with a color indicator.
+     If we complete eg, a $variable, we start output
+     now though.
+     this code may need some reorganization. */
 #if defined (COLORED_STATS)
-  if (! rl_colored_stats)
+  if (! rl_colored_stats || ! rl_filename_completion_desired)
 #endif
     printed_len = fnprint (to_print, prefix_bytes);