[Hamara-devel] bash auto complete

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Vikas Tara (2016-09-29 11:22:44)
> autocomplete in bash on Debian differs quite a bit from the 
> implementation on Ubuntu.
> 
> Having used the latter - it's quite difficult to lose the extra 
> functionality.
> 
> Does anyone know the difference between them?

Perhaps if you elaborate on the kind of difference you experience others 
are better clued in on what might cause it.

One wild guess is that Ubuntu installs command-not-found by default, 
while Debian does not: Try install that package and see if that 
"magically" provides the kind of experience you are like in Ubuntu.

Personally I dislike it: It slows down when fumbling around, which is 
particularly hurtful on low-end machines.  Sure I am biased being an 
experienced user, but I strongly recommend teaching less experienced 
users to explore commands and packages by explicit searching (my 
favorite is axi-cache from the package apt-xapian-index) rather than 
teaching them to do it by use of _same_ interface as exploring already 
installed commands.


 - Jonas

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