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From: naim@alpha.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: REQUEST for file completion for Sys V csh
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Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 16:17:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 27 16:17:32 1987
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/ alpha:comp.unix.questions / han@socrates.ucsf.edu (Charles S. Han%Langridge) /  4:50 pm  Mar 24, 1987 /
>Is there anyone out there with file completion for Sys V csh??
>We would like to get it for our IRIS 2400 Turbo.  We have a source
>license for 4.3 BSD Unix.  I'm sick of typing '*'.

The 4.3bsd csh has file name completion. There is a variable called 'filec'
that you can set which will enable file name completion. I however, prefer
the file name completion (and other goodies) that come with tcsh because
tcsh does file name completion visually, ie. it immediately expands the
name so that you can see it while csh does not show it expanded on your
terminal.

If you have source for the IRIS csh, you can try to integrate the 4.3bsd
or tcsh mods into it.

Given that tcsh is such a nice interface, I am surprised that it is not
more popular.

		      Naim Abdullah
		      Dept. of EECS
		      Northwestern University
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