[ILUG] filename completion and xmodmap

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:13:49AM +0100 or thereabouts, kevin lyda wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:04:48AM +0000, Conor Daly wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> what does adding
> 
>     ESC: complete
> 
> do when you add it to your ~/.inputrc?  search for inputrc in the bash
> man page for more info.

Yup, that does it.  Must read more.  BTW, a double-ESC already does this.
Is there something that a single ESC does that I've wiped out by mapping to
"complete"?

Conor
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