Re: Tab-completion inconsistencies

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 7 March 2013 14:30, Daniel J Sebald <address@hidden> wrote:
> In trying the example Rik sent, I created a directory with a comma in the
> name, something valid in linux and probably elsewhere.

Linux doesn't parse commands. It's just a kernel. It's GNU bash that
is parsing your commands. Incidentally, GNU bash is where jwe
originally grabbed the code for Octave's own parser.

> At the Octave command line I used tab-completion to get the line of
> text that normally appears at the linux command line. However,
> Octave doesn't handle that line the same way that linux does. It
> might be nice for code to behave at the Octave command line the same
> way it does at the linux command line.

Yeah, this is an open problem:

    https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?7584

It is, incidentally, a difficult problem. The solution isn't easy.

- Jordi G. H.