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From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Minor 4dos gripe
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.215438.4982@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 21:54:38 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.213015.258@sj.ate.slb.com>
Reply-To: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
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In article <1990Dec4.213015.258@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
>I have a minor gripe with 4dos. The file completion feature is nice (F9), but
>if more than one file matches the string you are trying to complete, it
>completes to one of the files. If that isn't the one you want, you must re-edit
>the line.
>
>A better behavior, like used on most UNIX shells with this feature, is to
>complete up to the first non-common character and beep, or flash the screen.
>This allows the user to enter more characters to further identify it.
>

I have gotten enough mail that continually hitting F9 cycles through all
choices. Please stop sending mail.

I will RTFM next time!!!

Thanks,
Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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