Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing

[Rick Macdonald <rickmacd@home.com>]

> ktb wrote:
> > 
> > If you hit the tab key twice in a row it lists all available commands.
> > This seems like a useless thing because I see no way of sending the
> > output to 'less' and most of the 1917 possibilities scroll off the
> > screen.  Anyway my problem is I get the same result if I hit the Esc key
> > twice.  I'm learning command line editing and when I use Esc-b for
> > example and then Esc-f I get the following,
> > Display all 1971 possibilities? (y or n)

The usefulness of this is more obvious if you type one or more characters
before Tab Tab:

vpnsrv1:/dosp/netapps/tkgnats$ lo
local      localedef  lockfile   login      logout     lookbib    
locale     locate     logger     logname    look       lorder     
vpnsrv1:/dosp/netapps/tkgnats$ lo

Having typed a command name, and a space, then the Tab feature
changes to filename completion.

...RickM...