[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#544024: bash-completion: cannot complete path if path component contains spaces

[Norbert Preining]

severity 544024 important
thanks

On Do, 27 Aug 2009, Norbert Preining wrote:
> $ mv foobar /xp/Dokumente\ und\ Einstellungen/nor<TAB><TAB>
> 
> gives nothing. But there is
> 	/xp/Dokumente\ und\ Einstellungen/norbert
> Even without the "nor" double TAB does not show the contents of the
> directory.

Arg, and not even file names with spaces in names can be completed,
that is a PITA!!!

I have the feeling that this whole completion is getting more and 
more useless, because it tries to be more intelligent than Einstein.

Filename completion should be *ALWAYS* the fallback even if no known
completion method is known.

I consider this now important, since it actually makes completion
useless if spaces in names are not supported.

Best wishes

Norbert

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