Re: How to install X-Chat in five hours (or more)

[Keith Dunwoody <kstephen@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Michael Piefel wrote:
> Am  6.08.03 um 13:04:41 schrieb Emile van Bergen:
>
> > > Tab completion or using /Va* is about as fast as /var.
> >
> > I've considered tab-completion and /Va*, but you must realise that they
> > work only in the shell.
> >
> > Neither tab-completion or globbing is available when I'm editing a file
> > and have to write those path names.
>
>
> In Vim insert mode, press ^X^F for completion, ^N/^P to choose among
> many. Also, in GTK+, file selector boxes allow for tab completion.
Also, in emacs one of the expansion techniques used by hippie-expand is to 
perform filename completion.

-- Keith

P.S.  Despite that I'm in favor of shortness.  Even "ls" instead of "dir" is 
worth it for me ;)