[Solved] ZSH auto-completion in BASH?

Spara06 · 2014-08-30 05:21:02

Hi everyone, I'm using BASH but I really like the way ZSH handles auto completion. For instance, in BASH, if I type vi and press [Tab], it shows my possible options but my cursor makes a new line. Therefore, if I press [Tab] again, the same thing will be created over and over. What I like about ZSH auto-completion is that when I press tab, the auto-completion fills the screen, but my cursor doesn't jump to a new line. Therefore, the actual output of the command and the [Tab] auto-completion output occupy the same space. Does anyone know a way I could have BASH perform in a way similar to this?

Thanks!

Last edited by Spara06 (2014-08-30 20:03:52)

jasonwryan · 2014-08-30 05:32:00

Not as far as I know: this is all down to zle http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/ … dgets.html

If you want this, just use Zsh (it has all sorts of other advantages as well).

Spara06 · 2014-08-30 13:47:56

jasonwryan wrote:

Not as far as I know: this is all down to zle http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/ … dgets.html
If you want this, just use Zsh (it has all sorts of other advantages as well).

Thanks for your reply jasonwryan.
I'm trying out zsh thus far and I'm liking it. It's rather easy to use and has most of the good features of BASH as well as some other nice ones I didn't have before (including the way it does tab completion and right side prompts).
Thanks!

jasonwryan · 2014-08-30 19:28:35

Cool. Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2014-08-30 05:21:02

[Solved] ZSH auto-completion in BASH?

#2 2014-08-30 05:32:00

Re: [Solved] ZSH auto-completion in BASH?

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Re: [Solved] ZSH auto-completion in BASH?

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Re: [Solved] ZSH auto-completion in BASH?

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