[jed-users] Re: case insensitiv file completition?

[Ulli Horlacher <framstag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri 2015-08-21 (00:24), John E. Davis wrote:

> > Is it possible to use read_file_from_mini() with case insensitiv
> > file completition?
> 
> No, it is not supported except on platforms that do not have
> case-sensitive file systems.  It is also not clear to me how it would
> work when used in a directory that contains filenames such as:
> 
>    readme
>    README
>    Readme.1st
> 
> If you were to enter 'r' at the filename prompt and then press tab,
> what do you expect to happen?  Should it expand to "readme" and also
> show all possible completions in the popup window? 

Yes, GNU readline (bash etc) does it this way.


> If so, what would be the subsequent steps to get the completion to
> produce "Readme.1st"?

One have to enter more characters:
readme.[TAB]

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