What can mess up the order of the tab completion
I am experiencing a difference of behavior between my previous OS (Ubuntu Xenial) and my current one (Ubuntu Bionic).
The short story is this:
When using tab completion with cd, the order of the tab completion has changed.
To demonstrate the problem, imagine I have this directory structure (all dirs):
/vagrant/hello
/vagrant/hello/web
/vagrant/hello/web/hello.com
And I have CDPATH=.:/vagrant:/vagrant/hello/web
In the past, cd hel<TAB> showed hello first, and hello.com second:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello/ hello.com/
But now, it shows it in reverse order, which is undesirable:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello.com/ hello/
Nothing that is under my control has changed between the two versions.
The longer story (just for reference, I believe it should not matter):
A) I am a "heavy user" of CDPATH - this order change is completely messing up my rhythm.
B) In reality, I am using this .inputrc file, to actually do menu-complete on tab (the output above is from Shift+Tab, which is the normal complete).
TAB: menu-complete
"e[Z": complete
C) I have tried reproducing this in a clean (Docker) environment, but I am unable to reproduce the "bad" behavior.
D) I have tried some variations of menu-complete-backwards and the likes, but the results are not better.
E) I have tried endless variations of CDPATH values, including changing the order and adding :. at the end.
F) When doing cd something<TAB>, it even seems that the completion will favor directories that are NOT in the current directory, before choosing the ones that are in the current directory - even when CDPATH starts with a dot - .:/other/paths
I don't know how else to debug this problem, any help is greatly appreciated.
auto-completion cd-command
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
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I am experiencing a difference of behavior between my previous OS (Ubuntu Xenial) and my current one (Ubuntu Bionic).
The short story is this:
When using tab completion with cd, the order of the tab completion has changed.
To demonstrate the problem, imagine I have this directory structure (all dirs):
/vagrant/hello
/vagrant/hello/web
/vagrant/hello/web/hello.com
And I have CDPATH=.:/vagrant:/vagrant/hello/web
In the past, cd hel<TAB> showed hello first, and hello.com second:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello/ hello.com/
But now, it shows it in reverse order, which is undesirable:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello.com/ hello/
Nothing that is under my control has changed between the two versions.
The longer story (just for reference, I believe it should not matter):
A) I am a "heavy user" of CDPATH - this order change is completely messing up my rhythm.
B) In reality, I am using this .inputrc file, to actually do menu-complete on tab (the output above is from Shift+Tab, which is the normal complete).
TAB: menu-complete
"e[Z": complete
C) I have tried reproducing this in a clean (Docker) environment, but I am unable to reproduce the "bad" behavior.
D) I have tried some variations of menu-complete-backwards and the likes, but the results are not better.
E) I have tried endless variations of CDPATH values, including changing the order and adding :. at the end.
F) When doing cd something<TAB>, it even seems that the completion will favor directories that are NOT in the current directory, before choosing the ones that are in the current directory - even when CDPATH starts with a dot - .:/other/paths
I don't know how else to debug this problem, any help is greatly appreciated.
auto-completion cd-command
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend onLC_COLLATE
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
LANGUAGEis empty, but everything else when runninglocaleshowsC.UTF-8andlocale -ashowsen_US.utf8
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55
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I am experiencing a difference of behavior between my previous OS (Ubuntu Xenial) and my current one (Ubuntu Bionic).
The short story is this:
When using tab completion with cd, the order of the tab completion has changed.
To demonstrate the problem, imagine I have this directory structure (all dirs):
/vagrant/hello
/vagrant/hello/web
/vagrant/hello/web/hello.com
And I have CDPATH=.:/vagrant:/vagrant/hello/web
In the past, cd hel<TAB> showed hello first, and hello.com second:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello/ hello.com/
But now, it shows it in reverse order, which is undesirable:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello.com/ hello/
Nothing that is under my control has changed between the two versions.
The longer story (just for reference, I believe it should not matter):
A) I am a "heavy user" of CDPATH - this order change is completely messing up my rhythm.
B) In reality, I am using this .inputrc file, to actually do menu-complete on tab (the output above is from Shift+Tab, which is the normal complete).
TAB: menu-complete
"e[Z": complete
C) I have tried reproducing this in a clean (Docker) environment, but I am unable to reproduce the "bad" behavior.
D) I have tried some variations of menu-complete-backwards and the likes, but the results are not better.
E) I have tried endless variations of CDPATH values, including changing the order and adding :. at the end.
F) When doing cd something<TAB>, it even seems that the completion will favor directories that are NOT in the current directory, before choosing the ones that are in the current directory - even when CDPATH starts with a dot - .:/other/paths
I don't know how else to debug this problem, any help is greatly appreciated.
auto-completion cd-command
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
I am experiencing a difference of behavior between my previous OS (Ubuntu Xenial) and my current one (Ubuntu Bionic).
The short story is this:
When using tab completion with cd, the order of the tab completion has changed.
To demonstrate the problem, imagine I have this directory structure (all dirs):
/vagrant/hello
/vagrant/hello/web
/vagrant/hello/web/hello.com
And I have CDPATH=.:/vagrant:/vagrant/hello/web
In the past, cd hel<TAB> showed hello first, and hello.com second:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello/ hello.com/
But now, it shows it in reverse order, which is undesirable:
$ cd hel<TAB>
hello.com/ hello/
Nothing that is under my control has changed between the two versions.
The longer story (just for reference, I believe it should not matter):
A) I am a "heavy user" of CDPATH - this order change is completely messing up my rhythm.
B) In reality, I am using this .inputrc file, to actually do menu-complete on tab (the output above is from Shift+Tab, which is the normal complete).
TAB: menu-complete
"e[Z": complete
C) I have tried reproducing this in a clean (Docker) environment, but I am unable to reproduce the "bad" behavior.
D) I have tried some variations of menu-complete-backwards and the likes, but the results are not better.
E) I have tried endless variations of CDPATH values, including changing the order and adding :. at the end.
F) When doing cd something<TAB>, it even seems that the completion will favor directories that are NOT in the current directory, before choosing the ones that are in the current directory - even when CDPATH starts with a dot - .:/other/paths
I don't know how else to debug this problem, any help is greatly appreciated.
auto-completion cd-command
auto-completion cd-command
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
edited Mar 18 at 6:56
pomsky
32.6k11103133
32.6k11103133
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
asked Feb 3 at 21:17
DannyBDannyB
1204
1204
What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend onLC_COLLATE
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
LANGUAGEis empty, but everything else when runninglocaleshowsC.UTF-8andlocale -ashowsen_US.utf8
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55
add a comment |
What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend onLC_COLLATE
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
LANGUAGEis empty, but everything else when runninglocaleshowsC.UTF-8andlocale -ashowsen_US.utf8
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55
What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend on
LC_COLLATE– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend on
LC_COLLATE– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
LANGUAGE is empty, but everything else when running locale shows C.UTF-8 and locale -a shows en_US.utf8– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55
LANGUAGE is empty, but everything else when running locale shows C.UTF-8 and locale -a shows en_US.utf8– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55
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The completion order appears to depend on the current locale - in particular LC_COLLATE
Ex.
$ LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello.com/ hello/
$ LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello/ hello.com/
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just setLC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"in my~/.bashrcor use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8- thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
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The completion order appears to depend on the current locale - in particular LC_COLLATE
Ex.
$ LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello.com/ hello/
$ LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello/ hello.com/
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
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It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just setLC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"in my~/.bashrcor use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8- thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
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The completion order appears to depend on the current locale - in particular LC_COLLATE
Ex.
$ LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello.com/ hello/
$ LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello/ hello.com/
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just setLC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"in my~/.bashrcor use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8- thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
add a comment |
The completion order appears to depend on the current locale - in particular LC_COLLATE
Ex.
$ LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello.com/ hello/
$ LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello/ hello.com/
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
The completion order appears to depend on the current locale - in particular LC_COLLATE
Ex.
$ LC_COLLATE="C.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello.com/ hello/
$ LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
$
$ cd helloTABTAB
hello/ hello.com/
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
70k11114186
answered Feb 3 at 22:04
steeldriversteeldriver
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answered Feb 3 at 22:04
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It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just setLC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"in my~/.bashrcor use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8- thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
add a comment |
It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just setLC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"in my~/.bashrcor use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8- thanks a lot, really appreciate it.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just set
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" in my ~/.bashrc or use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
It works! Thanks a lot. Not sure if I should just set
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8" in my ~/.bashrc or use a more formal way to set the locale, but I guess I can look it up.– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:12
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
@DannyB tbh I'm not sure the "right" way to set locales...
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 22:15
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
Thats ok, thanks. I guess this page is my next stop.
– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:30
And the last piece of the puzzle is :
sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - thanks a lot, really appreciate it.– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
And the last piece of the puzzle is :
sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - thanks a lot, really appreciate it.– DannyB
Feb 3 at 22:37
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What is the locale? in particular, the order seems to depend on
LC_COLLATE– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 21:32
LANGUAGEis empty, but everything else when runninglocaleshowsC.UTF-8andlocale -ashowsen_US.utf8– DannyB
Feb 3 at 21:55