[ast-users] Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: TAB-TAB completion patch

[Norman Ramsey]

 > Actually bash does not seem to provide a way to enter a TAB character at
 > all

In bash, you enter a tab character by quoting with Ctl-V.

 > (neither in "vi" nor in "emacs" mode) - and maybe we want to make
 > "gmacs" behave the same way (in favour of more powerfull TAB completion
 > which is available all the time ("emacs" and "vi" mode should still
 > allow people to enter a TAB, I am just thinking loudly how the "gmacs"
 > mode may have better than it's today)).

Some quoting mechanism is needed.  I'm happy with the current
mechanism, in which a tab entered immediately following a backslash
become a literal tab (eating the backslash).


Norman