> Got a user here who's used to using <ESC> for filename
> completion. He's now
> come up against <TAB> for all the completion stuff in bash. He
> was thinking
> he'd like to have <ESC> do what <TAB> does. I thought initially
> of xmodmap
> but that could get upsetting in vi and stuff. Had a look at the man page
> for bash and got no help there. Anyway, the question is, Is
> there a way to
> have <TAB> functionality transferred to <ESC> without losing <ESC>
> functionality?
Look at the READLINE section of the bash manpage. You should be
able to create a ~/.inputrc that will effect the change in all
readline apps.
Later,
Kenn
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