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| author | Robin Haberkorn <robin.haberkorn@googlemail.com> | 2013-03-07 16:59:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Robin Haberkorn <robin.haberkorn@googlemail.com> | 2013-03-16 18:07:32 +0100 |
| commit | 2ae78885e8a5e7039972fef39cdd13a210cb5806 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d85a9832f2bcd912b3a05944fa3f69dcfbd9663 /doc/sciteco.7.template | |
| parent | 8932214063950c285fe8cf02f9b6da42d86efa1a (diff) | |
| download | sciteco-2ae78885e8a5e7039972fef39cdd13a210cb5806.tar.gz | |
elaborate on auto-completions in sciteco(7)
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diff --git a/doc/sciteco.7.template b/doc/sciteco.7.template index 88b620a..c5055b1 100644 --- a/doc/sciteco.7.template +++ b/doc/sciteco.7.template @@ -354,6 +354,20 @@ If \*(ST is not busy, is self-inserting and might be used as a regular command. T} .TE +.LP +The immediate editing commands that perform auto-completions, do +so in a manner similar to Posix shells. +Upon first invocation they try to fully or partially complete the file +name (or token). +If no completion can be performed, the invocation will display a +list of file names (or tokens) beginning with the token to complete +in \*(ST's popup area. +Note that no additional expansions are performed before attempting +a completion, so for instance \(lq~/foo\(rq will not complete a file +in the user's home directory (tilde is not part of the file name but +tilde-expansions are performed by the shell). +\*(ST does however perform completions after string building so that +\(lq^EQ{$HOME}/foo\(rq could be completed. . . .SH ARITHMETICS AND EXPRESSIONS |