How to make make shift tab == tab in BASH ??
Any answers to this one?
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 12:35, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can make SHIFT+TAB do the same thing in my bash
> shell as TAB does (ie. tab-complete)?
>
> The reason this would be very useful: Java naming conventions:
>
> In Java, classes have each word capitalized. Eg:
> MyFunctionalProceduralObjectBasedDoItAll.class
>
> So, when I go to compile a java class, or similar, and I have similarly
> named classes, I use tab-completion a lot. I type a few chars, hit tab,
> then type the next char. That next char is often a capital letter, and I
> often hit the TAB key before I've taken my little finger off the SHIFT
> (for typing the next letter of the class I'm trying to compile).
>
> This results in SHIFT+TAB and a terminal bell from bash, rather than
> completion.
>
> It would save me many many keystrokes a day if SHIFT-TAB effectively
> sent a TAB when in bash.
>
> TIA
> Zen
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