Re: GLOB_COMPLETE and numbered directories

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>]

On Mar 20,  4:25am, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
}
} Bart Schaefer wrote on Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 18:02:10 -0700:
} > So ... in the case of moving the cursor to after the "1" and pressing
} > TAB, $PREFIX = "1".  But in the case of pressing the second TAB after
} > completing to "1a/iota", $PREFIX = "1a/iota" even though the cursor
} > is not at the end of the word.
} > 
} > The fix is therefore something like this, though I don't know if I have
} > handled completeinword correctly (as in, I think this generates matches
} > on a second TAB even when completeinword is not set, but I don't think
} > anyone would object to that?).
} 
} 'cat 1<C>a/iota<TAB>' behaves (with the patch) as follows:
} 
} - If this is the first tab and completeinword set: completes
} - If this is the first tab and completeinword unset: doesn't complete
} - If this is the second tab: completes
} 
} I think that's fine because, in the 'this is the second tab and
} completeinword is unset' case, the _first_ tab was at the 'cat 1/i<C>'
} case, so logically the overall completion that's happening here _is_
} "completion at end of word", not in middle of word.

Upon consideration, I wonder if the following might not be preferable.  I
think the behavior described above remains unchanged.

I'm still puzzled as to why the internals don't do this correctly; the
cursor is obviously at the expected position.


diff --git a/Completion/Base/Core/_main_complete b/Completion/Base/Core/_main_complete
index d6a1007..977ab49 100644
--- a/Completion/Base/Core/_main_complete
+++ b/Completion/Base/Core/_main_complete
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ if [[ "$compstate[insert]" = tab* ]]; then
   compstate[insert]="${compstate[insert]//tab /}"
 fi
 
+# Second attempt at GLOB_COMPLETE
+
+if [[ "$compstate[pattern_match]" = "*" &&
+      "$_lastcomp[unambiguous]" = "$PREFIX" &&
+      -n "$_lastcomp[unambiguous_cursor]" ]]; then
+  integer upos="$_lastcomp[unambiguous_cursor]"
+  SUFFIX="$PREFIX[upos,-1]$SUFFIX"
+  PREFIX="$PREFIX[1,upos-1]"
+fi
+
 # Special completion contexts after `~' and `='.
 
 if [[ -z "$compstate[quote]" ]]; then