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From: belt@freyr.pttrnl.nl (Evert van de Belt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Minor 4dos gripe
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Date: 6 Dec 90 09:40:37 GMT
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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.

This is not completely true. There is no need to reedit. 
By pressing (F9) again, the next matching filename will appear.
This way, you can walk true the filenames by just pressing (F9).
The string typed only works as a filter.

>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 don't see that as a better behaviour. In the first place, you need to know
the next character. In the second place, you have to look for that character
on the keyboard (for the less fortunate typers, this is still tedious.)
In 4DOS, you only have to use the (F9) key. I like 4DOS better than UNIX.

Best wishes,
Evert van de Belt
E_vdBelt@pttrnl.nl