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INSTALLATION INSTALLATION
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at the beginning of the main completion script. Any scripts placed in this at the beginning of the main completion script. Any scripts placed in this
directory will be sourced by interactive bash shells. directory will be sourced by interactive bash shells.
Q. I use CVS in combination with passwordless ssh access to my remote
repository. How can I have the cvs command complete on remotely checked-out
files where relevant?
A. Define $COMP_CVS_REMOTE. Setting this to anything will result in the
behaviour you would like.
Q. When I'm running a ./configure script and completion returns a list of
long options to me, some of these take a parameter,
e.g. --this-option=DESCRIPTION.
Running ./configure --help lists these descriptions, but everything after
the '=' is stripped when returning completions, so I don't know what kind
of data is expected as a given option's parameter.
Is there a way of getting ./configure completion to return the entire
option string, so that I can see what kind of data is required and then
simply delete the descriptive text and add my own data?
A. Define $COMP_CONFIGURE_HINTS. Setting this to anything will result in the
behaviour you would like.
Q. This code is rubbish/not bad/pretty good/the best thing since sliced bread. Q. This code is rubbish/not bad/pretty good/the best thing since sliced bread.
How can I show my appreciation? How can I show my appreciation?