[more info] rsync completion not working for server files when using double quotes

[more info] rsync completion not working for server files when using double quotes

[Mathieu Clavel]

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Hi,

Sorry I have to create a new thread because I didn't receive my own email so I cannot respond to it.

I said in my previous message that completion is working for folders but not files when using double quote for the server path.
It turns out my tests for this problem where incomplete so it's not exactly that.

rsync completion stops working for files and for folders once a folder in the path uses escaping.

So it will work for: "server:/folder1/folder2/
But not for: "server:/folder\\\\ 1/
or: "server:/folder1/folder\\\\\[2\\\\\]/

It works when not using the double quotes with folder name using escaping: server:/folder\\\\\\ 1/

Regards,

Mathieu

P. S.: I removed the aliasing +zsh at the end of my email user name, it's still me.

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Re: [more info] rsync completion not working for server files when using double quotes

[Bart Schaefer]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 6:07 PM Mathieu Clavel
<math.clavel@protonmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry I have to create a new thread because I didn't receive my own email so I cannot respond to it.

I found the first one, labeled spam by gmail.

> rsync completion stops working for files and for folders once a folder in the path uses escaping.

There are some generic issues with completion of strings in unmatched
quotes, because they have to be canonicalized and then converted back
again.

Since it doesn't appear from your examples that you're depending on
complete_in_word, have you tried simply adding the closing quote mark
before pressing TAB?