Re: Bug#740971: completion fails on file names with special characters

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/27/14, 7:11 PM, Uwe Storbeck wrote:
> On Mar 27, Chet Ramey wrote:
>> Since that line, as you entered it above, is a syntax error, it's not
>> clear what bash should do with it (probably nothing).  What do you
>> expect to happen?
> 
> The same as if you would try to complete any non-existing file
> name, nothing? The completion should not append an "a" to the
> typed in "a(". Instead the cursor should stay in the same
> position (after the parenthesis) and bash should beep.

Yes, if bash can detect a syntax error, that's probably the best
thing.

> When you try to complete "ls ab" with <TAB> in the same example
> with the two files "aa" and "a(" in a directory bash-completion
> handles it correctly. It only fails because of the parenthesis
> (and maybe also with other special characters).

There is virtually nothing common between the two cases other than
the fact that they are two-character strings beginning with `a'.
This has nothing to do with bash-completion (maybe I should remove
the debian bug address from the recipients).

Chet
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