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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Sanjay Aiyagari)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Minor 4dos gripe
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.222637.1614@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 90 02:26:36 GMT
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In article <1492@tharr.UUCP>, sweh@tharr.UUCP (Stephen Harris) writes:
> 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.
>
> I too prefer this method, but I suppose its because its the one I am more
> used to :-)

PC Magazine's CMDEDIT utility will complete up to the first non-common
character when you press the Tab key.  I like it very much.
Sanjay Aiyagari (hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)