[PATCH] Add `set -o tabcomplete' to /bin/sh.

YONETANI Tomokazu qhwt+dfly at les.ath.cx
Sat Feb 14 19:01:00 PST 2009


On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 05:19:08PM +0100, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
>>        The attached patch adds `tabcomplete' option, which turns on
>> this file name completion feature, which defaults to off.
>
> Is there any reason to default to off?

Actually all `set -o' flags are turned off at the beginning, then only
a few of them are turned on depending on how the shell is invoked, etc.

> Also, why is -o emacs off by default?

To avoid vi vs emacs wars, I guess.





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